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A case of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis in a postpartum Ghanaian female
Author(s) -
Srikugan Lanitha,
Loganayagam Aathavan,
Kelleher Kevin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of hospital medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.128
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1553-5606
pISSN - 1553-5592
DOI - 10.1002/jhm.398
Subject(s) - medicine , queen (butterfly) , general hospital , optic neuritis , family medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , multiple sclerosis , hymenoptera , botany , biology
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).