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Editor, Senior Moderator
Eur J Ophthalmol
. 2022 Nov 1;11206721221136319.
doi: 10.1177/11206721221136319. Online ahead of print.
MOG-IgG positive optic neuritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection
Marta Gilardi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Antonio Cortese[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Elisabetta Ferraro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marco Rispoli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Riccardo Sadun[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Maria Concetta Altavista[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Federico Sadun[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Many neurologic complications have been described after severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) including atypical cases of optic neuritis (ON), positive to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) IgG.
Objective: To report a case of MOG-IgG-associated ON and discuss why SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a potential trigger.
Methods: Retrospective single case report.
Results: We report a case of ON with positive MOG-IgG developed 15 days after presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Conclusion: This report suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection may have triggered autoantibodies production against MOG leading to ON.
Keywords: immunology < IMMUNOLOGY; infections disease/aids < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY; neuro imaging < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY; optic neuritis < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY; optic neuropathy < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY.
. 2022 Nov 1;11206721221136319.
doi: 10.1177/11206721221136319. Online ahead of print.
MOG-IgG positive optic neuritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection
Marta Gilardi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Antonio Cortese[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Elisabetta Ferraro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marco Rispoli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Riccardo Sadun[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Maria Concetta Altavista[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Federico Sadun[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36317310
- DOI: 10.1177/11206721221136319
Abstract
Background: Many neurologic complications have been described after severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) including atypical cases of optic neuritis (ON), positive to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) IgG.
Objective: To report a case of MOG-IgG-associated ON and discuss why SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a potential trigger.
Methods: Retrospective single case report.
Results: We report a case of ON with positive MOG-IgG developed 15 days after presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Conclusion: This report suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection may have triggered autoantibodies production against MOG leading to ON.
Keywords: immunology < IMMUNOLOGY; infections disease/aids < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY; neuro imaging < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY; optic neuritis < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY; optic neuropathy < NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY.