SYNDROME OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA: A CASE REPORT WITH NECROPSY FINDINGS
Authors: C H ARMENTROUT, E D PEASLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 January 1950SYNDROME OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA: A CASE REPORT WITH NECROPSY FINDINGSC. H. ARMENTROUT, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. D. PEASLEY, M.D.C. H. ARMENTROUT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, E. D. PEASLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-1-129 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlbutt in 18701 first alluded to the syndrome of neuromyelitis optica as a separate and hitherto undescribed condition. This author stated that among five of his patients with acute myelitis, "one had eye disorders." Erb2 in 1897, reported a case of "myelitis transverse dorsalis with neuritis descendis opticarum" in which he gave the first description and clinical analysis of the disorder. Devic3 and his pupil, Gault, published the first complete essay on this disease, for which Devic suggested the name "neuromyelitis optique" or "neuroptica myelite." Because of Devic's important contribution this syndrome has been referred to as Devic's disease.As...Bibliography1. Albutt TC: On the ophthalmoscopic signs of spinal disease, Lancet 1: 76, 1870. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Erb W: Ueber das Zusammenvorkommen von Neuritis optica und Myelitis subacuta, Arch. f. Psychiat. 10: 146, 1879. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Devic : Myélite subaiguë compliquée de névrite optique, Bull. méd. 8: 1033, 1894. Google Scholar4. Brain WR: Critical review: disseminated sclerosis, Quart. J. Med. 23: 343, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Berliner ML: Acute optic neuritis in demyelinating diseases of the nervous system, Arch. Ophth. 13: 83, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Hassin GB: Neuroptic myelitis versus multiple sclerosis, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 37: 1083, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Marburg O: Die sogenannte akute multiple Sklerose (Encephalomyelitis periaxialis scleroticans), Jahrb. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol. 27: 213, 1906. Google Scholar8. Putman TJ: Studies in multiple sclerosis, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 35: 1289, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. FettermanChamberlain JLWP: Syndrome of neuromyelitis optica, Arch. Ophth. 23: 577, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MilanLhermitteSchaefferHorowitz : La neuropticomyélite aiguë, obsérvation anatomoclinique, Rev. neurol. 2: 257, 1931. Google Scholar11. Redlich E: Ueber ein gahäuftes Auftreten von Krankheitsfällen mit den Erscheinungen der Encephalomyelitis disseminata, Monatschr. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol. 64: 152, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Pette H: Ueber die Pathogenese der multiplen Sklerose, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 105: 76, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Goulden C: Optic neuritis and myelitis, Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 34: 229, 1914. Google Scholar14. Beck GM: A case of diffuse myelitis associated with optic neuritis, Brain 50: 687, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. Silbermann SJ: Devic's disease, a clinical review and case report, J. Nerv. and Ment. Dis. 102: 107, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. McIntyre HD: A suggested treatment of spinal block caused by spinal adhesive arachnoiditis by means of repeated spinal air injections, J. Nerv. and Ment. Dis. 96: 668, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. Perritt RA: Optic neuromyelitis, Arch. Ophth. 11: 492, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Asheville, North Carolina*Received for publication August 26, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNeuromyelitis opticaNeuromyelitis opticaNeuromyelitis Optica* 1 January 1950Volume 32, Issue 1Page: 129-136KeywordsEye diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...