Successful Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica with Rituximab

Noh, Hyun Du; Park, Min Su

J Mult Scler > Volume 1(2); 2010 > Article

Case Report

Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 2010;1(2):59-63.
Published online September 1, 2010.

Rituximab에 성공적인 치료 효과를 보인 시신경척수염

노현두, 박민수

영남대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Successful Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica with Rituximab

Hyun Du Noh, Min Su Park

Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Abstract

"Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. Clinical, laboratory, and immunologic features suggest that NMO is a humorally mediated disease and B cell targeted therapy is ideal and effective treatment in NMO. We describe a 35-year-old woman with NMO, who suffered from very frequent attacks despite the maintenance of long-term prednisolone therapy, dramatically responded to rituximab. Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 1(2):59-63, 2010"

Key Words: Neuromyelitis optica, Rituximab