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SYNDROME OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA

SYNDROME OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA Abstract So complex is the nervous system and so manifold its functions that one and the same etiologic agent may produce many different syndromes by the pure chance of the site and the tempo of involvement. A disease affecting the upper or lower lobe of the lung, some portion of the liver or the right or left kidney may give similar symptoms and is considered under one designation. However, if there is a virus infection in the nervous system and it happens to attack the second cranial nerve, it may be called "papillitis" ; if the vestibular portion of the eighth nerve is involved, one reads of "epidemic vertigo"; if the seventh nerve is invaded, there is facial paralysis. As the possible combinations of involvement of the brain, cranial nerves, brain stem and spinal cord are numerous, so too are the designations or the syndromes.1 These syndromes have a certain historical References 1. Strauss, I.; Rabiner, A. M., and Ginsburg, S. W.: The Clinical, Bacteriological and Epidemiological Aspects of Encephalomyelitis , A. Research Nerv. & Ment. Dis., Proc. 12:262, 1932. 2. Brain, W. R.: Critical Review: Disseminated Sclerosis , Quart. J. Med. 23:343, 1930. 3. Berliner, M. L.: Acute Optic Neuritis in Demyelinating Diseases of the Nervous System , Arch. Ophth. 13:83 ( (Jan.) ) 1935. 4. Hassin, G. B.: Histo-Pathology of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1934. 5. Rivers, T. M.: Relation of Filtrable Viruses to Diseases of the Nervous System , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 28:757 ( (Oct.) ) 1932. 6. Albutt, T. C.: On the Ophthalmoscopic Signs of Spinal Disease , Lancet 1: 76, 1870. 7. Erb, W.: Ueber das Zusammenvorkommen von Neuritis optica und Myelitis subacuta , Arch. f. Psychiat. 10:146, 1879. 8. Devic, M. E.: Myélite aiguë dorso-lombaire avec névrite optique , Cong. franç. de méd. 1:434, 1894. 9. Goulden, C.: Optic Neuritis and Myelitis , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 34:229, 1914. 10. Beck, G. M.: A Case of Diffuse Myelitis Associated with Optic Neuritis , Brain 50:687, 1927. 11. Schaltenbrand, G.: Hirngeschwulstähnliche Erkrankungen die reine Geschwülste sind , Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 161:162, 1938 12. abstracted, Year Book of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat , Chicago, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., 1938. 13. Walsh, F. B.: Neuromyelitis Optica , Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 56:183, 1935. 14. McKee, S. H., and McNaughton, F. L.: Neuromyelitis Optica , Am. J. Ophth. 21:130, 1938. 15. Woods, A. C., in discussion on McKee and McNaughton, pp. 136-137. 16. Paton, L.: Papilledema and Optic Neuritis , Arch. Ophth. 15:1 ( (Jan.) ) 1936. 17. Holmes, G.: The Prognosis in Papilledema , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 57:3, 1937. 18. Fralick, F. B., and DeJong, R. N.: Neuromyelitis Optica , Am. J. Ophth. 20:1119, 1937. 19. Monroe, D., and Hahn, J.: Tidal Drainage of the Urinary Bladder , New England J. Med. 212:229, 1935. 20. Rea, R. L.: Neuro-Ophthalmology , St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1938, pp. 324-326. 21. King, C., in discussion on Kiely, C. E.: Neuromyelitis , Ohio State M. J. 32:741, 1936. 22. Adie, W. J.: Acute Retrobulbar Neuritis in Disseminated Sclerosis , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 50:262, 1930. 23. Lillie, W. J.: Clinical Significance of Retrobulbar and Optic Neuritis , Am. J. Ophth. 17:110, 1934. 24. Fetterman, J. L.: Mild Migratory Myelitis , Ohio State M. J. 32:1090, 1936. 25. McAlpine, D.: Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis: Its Sequelae and Its Relationship to Disseminated Sclerosis , Lancet 1:846, 1931.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

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Abstract So complex is the nervous system and so manifold its functions that one and the same etiologic agent may produce many different syndromes by the pure chance of the site and the tempo of involvement. A disease affecting the upper or lower lobe of the lung, some portion of the liver or the right or left kidney may give similar symptoms and is considered under one designation. However, if there is a virus infection in the nervous system and it happens to attack the second cranial nerve, it may be called "papillitis" ; if the vestibular portion of the eighth nerve is involved, one reads of "epidemic vertigo"; if the seventh nerve is invaded, there is facial paralysis. As the possible combinations of involvement of the brain, cranial nerves, brain stem and spinal cord are numerous, so too are the designations or the syndromes.1 These syndromes have a certain historical References 1. Strauss, I.; Rabiner, A. M., and Ginsburg, S. W.: The Clinical, Bacteriological and Epidemiological Aspects of Encephalomyelitis , A. Research Nerv. & Ment. Dis., Proc. 12:262, 1932. 2. Brain, W. R.: Critical Review: Disseminated Sclerosis , Quart. J. Med. 23:343, 1930. 3. Berliner, M. L.: Acute Optic Neuritis in Demyelinating Diseases of the Nervous System , Arch. Ophth. 13:83 ( (Jan.) ) 1935. 4. Hassin, G. B.: Histo-Pathology of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1934. 5. Rivers, T. M.: Relation of Filtrable Viruses to Diseases of the Nervous System , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 28:757 ( (Oct.) ) 1932. 6. Albutt, T. C.: On the Ophthalmoscopic Signs of Spinal Disease , Lancet 1: 76, 1870. 7. Erb, W.: Ueber das Zusammenvorkommen von Neuritis optica und Myelitis subacuta , Arch. f. Psychiat. 10:146, 1879. 8. Devic, M. E.: Myélite aiguë dorso-lombaire avec névrite optique , Cong. franç. de méd. 1:434, 1894. 9. Goulden, C.: Optic Neuritis and Myelitis , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 34:229, 1914. 10. Beck, G. M.: A Case of Diffuse Myelitis Associated with Optic Neuritis , Brain 50:687, 1927. 11. Schaltenbrand, G.: Hirngeschwulstähnliche Erkrankungen die reine Geschwülste sind , Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 161:162, 1938 12. abstracted, Year Book of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat , Chicago, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., 1938. 13. Walsh, F. B.: Neuromyelitis Optica , Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 56:183, 1935. 14. McKee, S. H., and McNaughton, F. L.: Neuromyelitis Optica , Am. J. Ophth. 21:130, 1938. 15. Woods, A. C., in discussion on McKee and McNaughton, pp. 136-137. 16. Paton, L.: Papilledema and Optic Neuritis , Arch. Ophth. 15:1 ( (Jan.) ) 1936. 17. Holmes, G.: The Prognosis in Papilledema , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 57:3, 1937. 18. Fralick, F. B., and DeJong, R. N.: Neuromyelitis Optica , Am. J. Ophth. 20:1119, 1937. 19. Monroe, D., and Hahn, J.: Tidal Drainage of the Urinary Bladder , New England J. Med. 212:229, 1935. 20. Rea, R. L.: Neuro-Ophthalmology , St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1938, pp. 324-326. 21. King, C., in discussion on Kiely, C. E.: Neuromyelitis , Ohio State M. J. 32:741, 1936. 22. Adie, W. J.: Acute Retrobulbar Neuritis in Disseminated Sclerosis , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 50:262, 1930. 23. Lillie, W. J.: Clinical Significance of Retrobulbar and Optic Neuritis , Am. J. Ophth. 17:110, 1934. 24. Fetterman, J. L.: Mild Migratory Myelitis , Ohio State M. J. 32:1090, 1936. 25. McAlpine, D.: Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis: Its Sequelae and Its Relationship to Disseminated Sclerosis , Lancet 1:846, 1931.Crossref

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Published: Mar 1, 1940

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