Acta Med. 2019, 62: 123-126

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.136

Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated Transverse Myelitis

Iveta Chroustováa, Miroslav Mareša, Leoš Ungermannb,c, Edvard Ehlera,c

aDepartment of Neurology, Pardubice Regional Hospital, Czech Republic
bDepartment of Radiology, Pardubice Regional Hospital, Czech Republic
cFaculty of Health Care Studies, Pardubice University, Czech Republic

Received May 16, 2019
Accepted August 16, 2019

Antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein cause inflammatory lesions of central myelin – in optic nerves, of the brainstem, and spinal cord. There are characteristic changes of CNS white matter, protein-cytological association in cerebrospinal fluid, MOG IgG antibodies, a very important differential diagnosis and a relatively mild course.

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