{"title":"Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder in a Pediatric Patient.","authors":"Erin Willis, Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, Robert Archer","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuromyelitis optica in the pediatric population is rare. Patients present with acute neurological deficits predominantly involving the optic nerves and spinal cord, usually with a relapsing course. Clinical overlap between multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders can occur and must be ruled out as NMO requires a more aggressive treatment plan. We present a pediatric patent with NMO spectrum disorder in order to draw awareness to this potentially neurologi- cally devastating disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 2","pages":"34-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Neuromyelitis optica in the pediatric population is rare. Patients present with acute neurological deficits predominantly involving the optic nerves and spinal cord, usually with a relapsing course. Clinical overlap between multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders can occur and must be ruled out as NMO requires a more aggressive treatment plan. We present a pediatric patent with NMO spectrum disorder in order to draw awareness to this potentially neurologi- cally devastating disease.