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A case of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis in a postpartum Ghanaian female

✍ Scribed by Lanitha Srikugan; Aathavan Loganayagam; Kevin Kelleher

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
86 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
1553-5592

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✦ Synopsis

Rapid onset visual loss with limb involvement in a postpartum female invites a number of differential diagnoses, including infectious encephalomyelitis, vasculitis, an acute demyelinating disorder, and arterial/venous sinus thrombosis. We report an interesting, but initially puzzling, case of rapidly progressive optic neuritis and transverse myelitis in a postpartum Ghanaian female, later diagnosed as neuromyelitis optica (NMO).

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