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. 2017 Nov 13;75(1):65–71. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3196

Table 1. Cases of MOG-IgG–Associated Seizures Identified on Literature Reviewa.

Source No. of Patients Age, y/Sex Ethnicity Other Antibodies Type of Seizure Clinical Syndrome Cognitive Changes Disease Course T2/FLAIR MRI Brain Changes and Location
Hino-Fukuyo et al, 2015 3 12/M; 14/M; 5/M Japanese None NA ADEM NA Monophasic; relapsing; monophasic Multiple WM, L basal ganglia and bilateral thalami (1 mo after onset); multiple WM, bilateral; basal ganglia (at third attack); unknown
Tsuburaya et al, 2015 1 7/M Japanese None Partial (eye deviation and L arm clonic seizures) ADEM, ON No Relapsing Plaque involving subcortical WM in the R frontal lobe
Ramberger et al, 2015 22b NA NA None NA ADEM NA NA NA
Titulaer et al, 2014 1 4/F Hispanic NMDAR NA Seizures, hemiparesis; later: mutism, chorea, and orofacial dyskinesia Yes Relapsing Periventricular, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and pons
Ogawa et al, 2017 4 39/M; 36/M; 23/M; 38/M Japanese? None GTC; GTC; GTC+ focal; GTC Encephalopathy, ON; seizure, ON; encephalopathy; seizure, aphasia, and R hemiparesis Yes; during seizure; yes; during seizure All monophasic R frontoparietal cortex; L hemisphere cortex
Fujimori et al, 2017 1 46/M Japanese None Focal progressed to secondary generalized Encephalopathy, paraplegia Yes Relapsing Bilateral frontal cortex, corpus callosum

Abbreviations: ADEM, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; BG, basal ganglia; CBA, cell-based assay; F, female; FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; GTC, generalized tonic-clonic; L, left; M, male; MOG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NA, not available; NMDAR, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor; R, right; ON, optic neuritis; WM, white matter.

a

All studies used a cell-based assay for MOG antibody testing.

b

Represents patients who presented with 1 or a combination of cognitive impairments or seizures. It is unclear how many of these patients had seizures.