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CC BY 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022; 80(08): 867-868
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755280
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Conus medullaris syndrome in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: an unusual presentation

Síndrome de cone medular na doença de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada: uma apresentação não usual
Fabiano Ferreira de Abrantes 
1   Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Nerurocirgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
,
Marianna Pinheiro Moraes de Moraes 
1   Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Nerurocirgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
,
Wardislau Ferreira 
1   Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Nerurocirgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
,
Flávio Moura Rezende Filho 
1   Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Nerurocirgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
,
José Luiz Pedroso 
1   Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Nerurocirgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
,
Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini 
1   Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Nerurocirgia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
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A 25-year-old woman presented over one week with subacute flaccid paraparesis, saddle anesthesia and sphincter dysfunction, compatible with conus medullaris syndrome. Lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ([Figure 1]) showed spinal cord edema and intense leptomeningeal enhancement. Six months after, she presented with aseptic meningitis and bilateral vision loss. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed bilateral exudative retinal detachments ([Figure 2]). Incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKHD) was diagnosed based on the combination of bilateral granulomatous panuveitis and aseptic meningitis.[1] Spinal cord involvement is a frequent manifestation of neurological inflammatory diseases, and VKHD should be considered when typical eye, ear, and skin symptoms are present.[2] [3]

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Figure 1 Axial T2-weighted (A) and sagittal (C) short-TI inversion recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging with central hyperintense signal associated with lumbosacral intumescence and conus medullaris edema. Axial (B) and sagittal (D) contrast-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with leptomeningeal enhancement.
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Figure 2 Right (A) and left (C) eyes retinography depicting hyperemic optic discs and areas of retinal detachment (white arrows). Macular horizontal B-scans reveal bilateral serous retinal detachment, located in the foveal and parafoveal regions in the right eye (B) and in the nasal retina in the left eye (D) (white arrows).

Authors' Contributions

FFA: conceptualization, visualization, writing – original draft, and writing – review & editing; MPMM: conceptualization, visualization, writing – original draft, and writing – review & editing; WF: conceptualization, visualization, writing – original draft; FMRF: visualization, writing – original draft; JLP: conceptualization and writing – review & editing; OGPB: conceptualization, visualization, writing – original draft, and writing – review & editing.




Publication History

Received: 26 January 2022

Accepted: 11 February 2022

Article published online:
17 October 2022

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