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Nervenheilkunde 2011; 30(07): 480-486
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1628383
Multiple Sklerose
Schattauer GmbH

Neuromyelitis optica and Susac-Syndrome

Rare but important differential diagnoses of multiple sclerosis Article in several languages: deutsch | English
J. Dörr
1   NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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23 January 2018 (online)

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Summary

The exclusion of relevant differential diagnoses is crucial in the establishment of the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Neuromyelitis optica and Susac-Syndrome are rare but because of different therapeutic approaches and prognoses important differential diagnoses of multiple sclerosis. While the former is increasingly considered to be rather an independent disease than a variant of multiple sclerosis, the diagnosis of the latter is quite often completely missed. This review summarizes the most important aspects of both disorders with a focus on features facilitating the discrimination from multiple sclerosis.

Keywords

Multiple sclerosis - neuromyelitis optica - Susac-Syndrome - differential diagnosis
 

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