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A case of neuromyelitis optica (D

SGP Kumuduni 1, Athula Dissanayaka 2 1

Registrar in Medicine,2

Consultant Neurologi

Introduction

Neuromyelitis optica is an inflammatory diseaseof the central nervous system in which ther

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were also affected. Visual acuity was 6/1right eye and 1/60 in the left eye. Bodiscs were pale with bilateral relatively apapillary defect.

His CSF was normal. MRI scan of the tspine and brain revealed demyelinatiothe clinical and investigation findindi g i f di liti

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Case Reports

3. Lennon VA, Wingerchuk DM, Kryzer TJ. A serumautoantibody marker of neuromyelitis opti

distinction from multiple sclerosis. Lancet Dec11; 364 (9451): 2106-12.