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Recurrent optic neuromyelitis with endocrinopathies: a new syndrome or just a coincidence?

The spectrum of optic neuromyelitis (ONM) ranges from monophasic or recurrent idiopathic forms of the disease, to ONM with autoimune disorders. A distinct form of the disease, called recurrent ONM with endocrinopathies, characterized by spinal cord involvement (cavitations with syringomyeloid sensory distrbance), rapid evolution to blindness and paraplegia, characteristic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings, and association with hypothalamus-pituary disfunction, has recently been desribed. The first case of ONM with endocrinopathies in a female Caucasian from Europe is presented, supporting the existence of this syndrome as a separate entity.

Optic neuromyelitis; endocrinopathies; transverse myelitis; optic neuritis

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