Often, the first signs of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are sudden eye pain ... and speech. An MRI scan of your brain and spinal cord helps your doctor detect damaged nerves. Tests of your optic ...

Eventually doctors diagnosed her with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), but the initial ... “The neurologist ordered an urgent brain MRI, which was initially read as normal. My vision loss progressed ...

An MRI can detect ... While spinal cord and brain lesions can suggest MS, the appearance of spinal cord lesions can also indicate another condition called neuromyelitis optica (NMO).

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or Devic’s disease ... spinal cord, and rarely, the brain. More specifically, they attack myelin, a protective layer that covers the nerves and helps them send ...

50 Inebilizumab reduced the rates of accumulating disability, accumulating lesions on brain MRI, and hospitalization ... clinical features of neuromyelitis optica have been supplemented by ...

The study found that roughly 1 in 6 (17%) inter-attack magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans showed asymptomatic ... with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder have ...