Relapsing lumbosacral myeloradiculitis: An unusual presentation of MOG antibody disease

Mult Scler. 2020 Apr;26(4):509-511. doi: 10.1177/1352458519840747. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Abstract

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody (MOG-Ab) seropositivity is being increasingly reported in diverse demyelinating syndromes with monophasic and relapsing presentations. Conus myelitis is described as a typical feature of MOG-Ab seropositivity. However, the association with lumbosacral radiculitis in this disease is not well-recognized. Here, we report a patient with relapsing MOG-Ab disease who presented clinically and radiologically with a relapsing lumbosacral myeloradiculopathy. This presentation raises the diagnostic possibilities of chronic infections, sarcoidosis, and neoplastic infiltration. This case illustrates the need to consider MOG-Ab disease as one of the differential diagnosis for a non-compressive lumbosacral myeloradiculopathy.

Keywords: MOG antibody; cauda equina enhancement; demyelination; lumbosacral myeloradiculitis; relapsing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / complications
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / diagnosis*
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / immunology
  • Demyelinating Diseases / complications
  • Demyelinating Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Demyelinating Diseases / immunology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein / immunology*
  • Myelitis / diagnosis*
  • Myelitis / etiology
  • Radiculopathy / diagnosis*
  • Radiculopathy / etiology
  • Recurrence
  • Sacrum

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • MOG protein, human
  • Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein