Neurosciences News

Black patients with MS or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder experienced faster repopulation of B cells 6 to 12 months after rituximab or ocrelizumab infusion compared with white patients, according to preliminary results.

A 63-year-old woman with diabetes, high blood pressure, depression and ovarian cysts presented to New England Eye Center for worsening diplopia for a few months.

Decreased ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thickness at baseline as assessed by optical coherence tomography correlated with a four-fold greater risk for long-term disability worsening in MS, according to findings published in Neurology.

Survey data show that the symptom burden of thyroid eye disease persists during the chronic phase of the disease, with most patients reporting continued low quality of life even after systemic glucocorticoid therapy or surgery.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease and visual dysfunction had a higher risk for cognitive impairment and greater white matter degeneration compared with those without visual dysfunction, according to results published in Movement Disorders.

A 45-year-old woman was admitted to the neurology service at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center with symptoms of double vision, gait disturbance secondary to lower extremity weakness and subjective memory loss.

Asymptomatic brain lesions were rarely observed on conventional MRI in patients with clinically stable, antibody-seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, according to study results of nearly 300 patients.

A 28-year-old woman presented to the department of ophthalmology at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center with 2 months of headaches and progressive visual changes in both eyes.

In the last year, three therapies were approved by the FDA to significantly reduce relapses of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, a rare autoimmune inflammatory disorder that can leave patients blind or paralyzed.

A 62-year-old man presented to the New England Eye Center comprehensive ophthalmology clinic for an urgent evaluation of a black shadow in the inferotemporal field of his left eye that started suddenly 4 days prior while he was sitting.