Lupus and NMOSD: The Blending of Humoral Autoimmunity

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T2WI of cervical and thoracic spine of a 31-year-old African American woman with NMOSD and SLE. In 2018, cervical (a) and thoracic spine (b) demonstrated a C6 hyperintense lesion extending to T8 (a, b), which was unchanged from a prior spine MRI of the patient (not shown). In 2019, there was a new C2–C4 longitudinal lesion noted on the C spine on T2WI (c) with associated patchy postcontrast enhancement on T1WI (d) and an ongoing hyperintense lesion in the T spine extending to T8 (e).

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