Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report

Mehri Salari; Bahareh Zaker Harofteh; Masoud Etemadifar

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7556

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jun 22;11(6):e7556. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7556. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Mehri Salari¹, Bahareh Zaker Harofteh¹, Masoud Etemadifar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurological Disease Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Department of Neurosurgery Al Zahra University Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.

Abstract

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is an autoimmune disease which tends to have other coexisting autoimmune or connective tissue diseases. However, coexisting with ankylosing spondylitis is rare. Here, we report a 57-year-old man with concomitant autoantibodies against aquaporin 4-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and HLA-B27-positive ankylosing spondylitis.

Keywords: ankylosing spondylitis; neuromyelitis optica.

Publication types

Case Reports