FLAMES (medicine)

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FLAIR-hyperintense lesions in anti-MOG associated encephalitis with seizures (FLAMES) is a clinical sub entity of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody associated disease. [1] [2]

It is a rare condition, first observed in 2017, with only a few cases known in the literature. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Jain, Kshiteeja; Cherian, Ajith; K P, Divya; P, Rajalakshmi; Thomas, Bejoy; J, Nandana (April 2021). "FLAMES: A novel burning entity in MOG IgG associated disease". Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 49 102759. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2021.102759. ISSN   2211-0356. PMID   33508569.
  2. ↑ Noriega, Juan Pablo; Toro, Jaime; Alfonso, Jairo Gaitan; Zafra-Sierra, Maria Paula; Rojo-Bustamante, Estefania; Reyes, Saul (2025-04-08). "Novel FLAMES Presentation in Anti-MOG Encephalitis with FLAIR-Hyperintense Lesions (P11-8.002)". Neurology. 104 (7_Supplement_1): 4247. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000211547.
  3. ↑ Budhram, Adrian; Mirian, Ario; Sharma, Manas (2022-10-20). "Meningo-cortical manifestations of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease: Review of a novel clinico-radiographic spectrum". Frontiers in Neurology. 13 1044642. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1044642 . ISSN   1664-2295. PMID   36341089.


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