Neuromyelitis Optica: An Antibody-Mediated Disorder of the Central Nervous System Jiwon Oh and Michael Levy Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Pathology 509, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA Received 7 July 2011; Revised 4 October 2011; Accepted 13 October 2011 Academic Editor: Philippe Cabre Copyright ? 2012 Jiwon Oh and Michael Levy
SETTING: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or Devic’s disease, is a rare acute inflammatory disease characterised by demyelination affecting the spinal cord and optic nerves.
A 29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN of Afro-Caribbean descent with a history of thyrotoxicosis was evaluated for right leg weakness and diagnosed as having myelitis.