Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies Demyelinating Disorder in an Iraqi child: A Case Report
Ali Kadhim Dhahir*
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Neurologist, Chief of Paediatric Neurology Department, Child’s Central Teaching Hospital, Al-Qarq, Baghdad, Iraq.
*Corresponding Author: Ali Kadhim Dhahir, Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Neurologist, Chief of Paediatric Neurology Department, Child’s Central Teaching Hospital, Al-Qarq, Baghdad, Iraq.
Received: April 09, 2022 Published: May 16, 2022
Abstract
Anti-MOG associated demyelination is increasingly being recognized as a cause of recurrent CNS demyelination in the last decade. This is a case report of a 5 years old male child presented with disturbed level of consciousness and seizures where he admitted and treated as a case of CNS infection then the multi-focal neurological deficits points to a polyfocal CNS demyelinating disorder found to be an Anti-MOG associated demyelination with recurrent relapsing and remitting events.
Keywords: Case report; CNS; Central Nervous System; MOG; Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein.
Citation: Dhahir AK. “Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies Demyelinating Disorder in an Iraqi child: A Case Report”. SVOA Neurology 2022, 3:3, 116-126.
