“…Unlike MS, patients with NMOSD are considered to exhibit attack-dependent disability, T2 lesion volume, and neurodegeneration. Although some recent studies reported that silent progression of brain atrophy was observed in AQP4-antibody-seropositive NMOSD [ 16 , 17 ], the silent progression of extensive WMH and its clinical significance in patients with long-standing NMOSD have not been reported. The present and previous cases indicated that asymptomatic leukodystrophy-like MRI findings can be present in NMOSD and not related to a poor prognosis, although further investigations are necessary to confirm this conclusion.…”