Neuromyelitis Optica as a Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Abstract

Findings: This study reported a case of 65-year-old male patient with paraneoplastic NMOSD. The patient presented with quadriparesis due to acute cervical long segment myelitis not responsive to pulse steroid therapy; 18 months later he developed acute bilateral diminution of visual acuity due to bilateral optic neuritis with no response to either pulse steroid therapy or IVIG. Serological serum tests revealed that the patient was AQP–4–IgG positive, but after 22 months of the initial presentation, the patient showed widespread metastasis in bone and liver secondary to bronchogenic carcinoma.