Rituximab was effective for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis followed by recurrent optic neuritis with anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The effect of rituximab on acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) followed by recurrent optic neuritis (ON) is not yet known. PATIENT:We are reporting the case of a 4-year-old Japanese girl who was diagnosed with anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody positive ADEM followed by recurrent ON. She developed altered mental status, left facial paralysis, left paresis, and experienced three episodes of ON. She was treated with rituximab and azathioprine (AZA) as prevention for recurrent ON. She relapsed under treatment with AZA when CD19 cells reappeared 6 months after the first rituximab infusion. However, she has not relapsed since her CD19 count was reduced and kept low with rituximab infusion. CONCLUSIONS:It is conceivable that anti-MOG antibodies are involved in the pathology of "ADEM followed by recurrent ON," and that the early introduction of rituximab, which is involved in the suppression of antibody production and has effects on CD20 T lymphocytes, may be a feasible treatment for ON. Due to the small number of patients, additional reports on prospectively followed patients are needed.

journal_name

Brain Dev

journal_title

Brain & development

authors

Nagashima M,Osaka H,Ikeda T,Matsumoto A,Miyauchi A,Kaneko K,Nakashima I,Nakano Y,Wakabayashi K,Monden Y,Yamagata T

doi

10.1016/j.braindev.2018.03.011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-08-01 00:00:00

pages

607-611

issue

7

eissn

0387-7604

issn

1872-7131

pii

S0387-7604(18)30107-4

journal_volume

40

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