Long-standing neuromyelitis optica with leukodystrophy-like asymptomatic MRI changes

Abstract

Patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are unlikely to develop clinically silent lesions on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), unlike patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We encountered a patient with NMO who showed radiological progression and leukodystrophy-like changes on MRI during a long-standing, clinically asymptomatic period.

Keywords

• Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
• MRI
• Central nervous system
• White matter hyperintensities