Table 2.
Patient | Onset age, year/sex | Disease Duration, year | No. of attacks | Phenotype | First attack site/EDSS | Severe visual disability | BS symptoms | EDSS at last flow-up | Brain MRI | Spinal MRI lesion | CSF OCB | Other serumauto-antibodies | Treatment |
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1 | 15/F | 6 | 3 | NMO | LETM+ON+Brain/7 | Yes | No | 6 | Large MS-like lesions | C4-Conus | No | No | CS, AZA |
2 | 36/F | 6 | 8 | LETM | LETM/8 | No | No | 7 | Small MS-like lesions | T1-Conus | No | No | RTX |
3 | 18/F | 2 | 8 | NMO | LETM+ON+Brain/8.5 | Yes | Yes | 8 | Small lesions | MS-likeC1-Conus | No | Yes | Met, HCQ |
4 | 60/F | 4 | 6 | NMO | LETM/8.5 | Yes | No | 8.5 | Small MS-like lesions | C2-Conus | No | No | CS, AZA |
5 | 49/F | 2 | 3 | NMO | LETM/7.5 | Yes | No | 5 | Small MS-like lesion | C1-Conus | No | No | CS, AZA |
6 | 33/F | 4 | 6 | NMO | ON+Brain/3 | No | No | 6 | Large MS-like lesions | C3-Conus | Yes | No | CS, AZA |
7 | 15/F | 5 | 7 | NMO | ON/1 | Yes | No | 9 | ADEM-like lesions with enhancement | C1-Conus | No | No | CS, AZA |
8 | 20/F | 5 | 10 | NMO | LETM+ON/6.5 | Yes | No | 9 | ADEM-like lesions without enhancement | C1-Conus | No | No | CS, AZA |
9 | 30/F | 3 | 4 | NMO | LETM/7.5 | No | No | 8.5 | ADEM-like lesions without enhancement | C1-Conus | No | No | RTX |
10 | 36/F | 3 | 6 | NMO | LETM/8 | Yes | No | 6 | Small MS-like lesions | C1-T12 | No | No | RTX |
RTX, Rituximab. IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin. HCQ, Hydroxychloroquine. Met, Methotrexate. AZA, azathioprine. BS, brainstem. CS, oral corticosteroids. EDSS, Expanded disability status scale score. LETM, longitudinally extensive myelitis. NMO, neuromyelitis optica. NMOSD, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. OCB, oligoclonal bands. ON, optic neuritis. MS, multiple sclerosis. ADEM, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Severe visual disability was defined as visual acuity of 0.1 or less in one or both eyes at last follow-up. Other serum autoantibodies include antinuclear antibodies, anti-Sjögren’s syndrome A antibodies, anti-Sjögren’s syndrome B antibodies, thyroglobulin antibodies, and thyroid peroxidase antibodies.