Primary Sjogren's syndrome presenting as neuromyelitis optica
Articles > Case Report · 2007
Authors: Figen GÖKÇAY, Neşe ÇELEBİSOY, Ahmet Gökçay, Yasemin KABASAKAL, Gonca KARABULUT
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2007, vol 36, pp 58-60
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.07.008
Summary
<p>This report presents a patient with Devic’s neuromyelitis optica associated with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Her first attack was right-sided optic neuritis at age 10 years. Attacks involving both optic nerves and medulla spinalis were recorded during the ensuing years. The diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome could not be made until the second decade because it was not suspected.</p>