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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2015; 13(03): 139-142
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556834
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Can Devic Disease Involve Peripheral Nerves?

Jagabandhu Ghosh
1   Department of Pediatrics, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Joydeep Ghosh
2   Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

Devic disease (DD) or neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare demyelinating disease of central nervous system in children. It may have monophasic or relapsing course. A diagnosis of DD requires involvement of unilateral or bilateral optic nerves, more than three longitudinal segments of the spinal cord and presence of NMO-immunoglobulin G or antiaquaporin 4 antibody in the serum. It is usually associated with normal cranial magnetic resonance imaging during first episode of DD. Here, we report a case of DD with unusual association of peripheral nerve involvement of the axonal type.

Keywords

neuromyelitis optica - demyelination - peripheral nerve - Devic disease
 

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