Highlights
- •Four patients with optic neuritis and seizure were MOG antibody seropositive.
- •Episodes of seizure and optic neuritis were separated by up to ten years.
- •Seizures occurred either in the setting of ADEM or during steroid taper.
- •Seizure in a patient with prior optic neuritis should prompt MOG antibody testing.
Abstract
We describe four patients who experienced optic neuritis (ON) and seizures and were
found to have antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in serum. The
index case was a previously healthy 39-year-old man who developed steroid dependent
ON and had a generalized seizure when steroids were tapered. He tested positive for
antibodies to MOG. We have reviewed the charts of all 11 anti-MOG antibody positive
patients in our practice and found that 4 patients, all of whom had experienced one
or more episodes of ON, also had a generalized seizure during the course of their
illness. In 2 patients – including the index case - seizure occurred during steroid
taper and in 2 others at the time of an episode of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
(ADEM). Association of anti-MOG antibodies and relapsing demyelinating disorders of
the central nervous system is increasingly recognized. Testing for anti-MOG antibodies
should be considered in patients with optic neuritis and seizures, especially in those
with who also have a history of ADEM.
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Publication history
Published online: February 03, 2018
Accepted:
January 31,
2018
Received in revised form:
January 2,
2018
Received:
November 13,
2017
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