Two Cases of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Concomitant with Myasthenia Gravis

Yoo, Han Soo; Park, Hyung Jun; Shin, Ha Young; Kim, Seung Min

J Mult Scler > Volume 4(2); 2013 > Article

Case Report

Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 2013;4(2):52-56.
Published online September 1, 2013.

중증근무력증과 병발한 시신경척수염범주질환 2예

유한수, 박형준, 신하영, 김승민

연세대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Two Cases of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Concomitant with Myasthenia Gravis

Han Soo Yoo, Hyung Jun Park, Ha Young Shin, Seung Min Kim

Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

"Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. NMOSD may be associated with other autoimmune disease, includingmyasthenia gravis (MG). In most patients with the coexistence of MG and NMOSD, development ofMG and thymectomy preceded the onset of NMOSD. We describe two patients with MG andNMOSD who had not undergone thymectomy. Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 4(2):52-56, 2013"

Key Words: Neuromyelitis optica, Myasthenia gravis, Thymectomy