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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 617-621Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1200cr
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Devic's; hypothalamus; multiple sclerosis; neuromyelitis optica; spino-optic
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We describe two cases of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) with clinical and radiographically confirmed features of hypothalamic involvement, in the absence of other parenchymal brain lesions. Their course is otherwise typical of Devic's form of NMO. A review of the literature identifies additional cases of NMO in which clinical features attributable to under-recognized dysfunction of the hypothalamic - pituitary axis were present. We propose that the currently accepted criteria for the diagnosis of NMO could be revisited to recognize the possibility of lesions developing within hypothalamic structures.
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