Yao Li1, Bin Jiang1, Bin Chen1, Mingxia Zhao1, Chunlai Zhou1, Shuhui Wang1, Jimei Li2, Ruijin Wang1. 1. Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China. jimeili2002@163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Multiple brainstem manifestations have been rarely reported during the same attack in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 39-year-old Asian woman presenting multiple brainstem manifestations including intractable nausea and vomiting, vertigo, diplopia, facial palsy, hypogeusia, ophthalmoplegia, hemiplegia, dysphagia and tonic spasm during the same attack. Hypogeusia was transient and recovered without any immunotherapy. The brain MRIs showed progressive multiple lesions in the brainstem. NMO-IgG (aquaporin4-antibody, AQP4-Ab) were positive in both serum and cerebral spinal fluid. The symptoms and signs were controlled after immunosuppressive therapy. No relapse happened during the 15-month follow-up. CONCLUSION: This report emphasizes multiple brainstem manifestations during the same attack in NMOSD and the most characteristic symptom was reversible hypogeusia.
BACKGROUND: Multiple brainstem manifestations have been rarely reported during the same attack in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 39-year-old Asian woman presenting multiple brainstem manifestations including intractable nausea and vomiting, vertigo, diplopia, facial palsy, hypogeusia, ophthalmoplegia, hemiplegia, dysphagia and tonic spasm during the same attack. Hypogeusia was transient and recovered without any immunotherapy. The brain MRIs showed progressive multiple lesions in the brainstem. NMO-IgG (aquaporin4-antibody, AQP4-Ab) were positive in both serum and cerebral spinal fluid. The symptoms and signs were controlled after immunosuppressive therapy. No relapse happened during the 15-month follow-up. CONCLUSION: This report emphasizes multiple brainstem manifestations during the same attack in NMOSD and the most characteristic symptom was reversible hypogeusia.
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