Is MOG-IgG another biomarker for neuromyelitis optica?
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Bilateral frontal cortex encephalitis and paraparesis in a patient with anti-MOG antibodies.
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Nodopathy: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with anti-neurofascin 155 antibodies.
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 on MS and NMOSD: a study in Sendai, Japan.
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Neuroimmunology of a natural disaster.
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Neuromyelitis optica presenting as acute bilateral ptosis.
Published in Practical neurology
Acute bilateral ptosis can be a hallmark of several serious neurological conditions. We present the first case of acute bilateral near-complete ptosis secondary to neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. We suggest that clinicians should consider this disorder among the differential diagnosis of acute bilateral ptosis, especially if there are other...
CIDP presenting as recurrent severe back pain without weakness or sensory loss.
Published in Practical neurology
A 71-year-old woman presented with severe back pain, limb weakness and cranial nerve dysfunction associated with high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein; we diagnosed Guillain-Barré syndrome and her symptoms completely resolved after intravenous immunoglobulin. Over the next 4 years, she had three further episodes of excruciating back pain accompani...
Late progression of neurological symptoms and MRI T2 hyperintensities in Parry-Romberg syndrome.
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Anti-collapsin response mediator protein 5 encephalitis masquerading as a low-grade brain tumour.
Published in Practical neurology
A 71-year-old woman presented acutely with seizures; her MRI suggested a low-grade glioma of the right temporal lobe. Over the preceding 18 months, she had developed progressive limb chorea and orofacial dyskinesia. Examination showed a predominantly amnestic cognitive profile. Initial investigations were normal, but later she was found to have ant...
Severe parkinsonism associated with anti-CRMP5 antibody-positive paraneoplastic neurological syndrome and abnormal signa...
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
