RETINAL VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2017:11 Suppl 1:S211-S215. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000445.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of retinal vasculitis in a patient with neuromyelitis optica.

Methods: Clinical case report, imaging was obtained with photographs, fluorescein angiography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Results: The aforementioned patient presented with urinary incontinence and spastic paraparesis. She was found to have a transverse myelitis on magnetic resonance imaging and positive anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4-Ab) testing. She had no associated visual symptoms. Examination revealed a retinal vasculitis. There have been no previous reports of retinal vasculitis associated with neuromyelitis optica or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Conclusion: Retinal vasculitis can be associated with neuromyelitis optica.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / complications*
  • Retinal Vasculitis / etiology*