Affiliations 

  • 1 Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Department of Ophthalmology, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. meeailoh@yahoo.com
  • 2 Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Department of Paediatric, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
  • 3 Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Department of Ophthalmology, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2016 04;71(2):79-80.
PMID: 27326949

Abstract

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare disorder in children with variable presentation. We report a 7-year-old boy who presented with bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis and responded very well to treatment. He was also positive for aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibodies, which is part of an emerging endophenotype within autoimmune neurological disorders in childhood.

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