Neuromyelitis optica following CMV primo-infection

J Intern Med. 2007 May;261(5):500-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01794.x.

Abstract

We report the case of an acute optic neuromyelitis with rhabdomyolysis in a 34-year-old immunocompetent transsexual patient following a recent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The combination of optic neuropathy and myelopathy is recognized as Devic's syndrome. Clinical presentation was unusual as the recent CMV infection induced rhabdomyolysis and was the suspected trigger of neuromyelitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections* / immunology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections* / pathology
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / drug therapy
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / pathology
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / virology*
  • Optic Disk / pathology
  • Rhabdomyolysis / immunology
  • Rhabdomyolysis / pathology
  • Rhabdomyolysis / virology
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Syndrome