OCULAR FLUTTER AND TRUNCAL ATAXIA MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION

We report on three patients who presented a rare, uniform clinical syn drome consisting of ocular flutter and truncal ataxia. In all patients the symptoms followed an upper respiratory infection and resolved wit hout sequelae within a few weeks. Previous reports have emphasized the apparent relationship of this entity to infectious disease, but the i nfectious agent remained uncertain. In one patient we could find a sig nificant rise in antibody titres to enterovirus. We are not aware of a ny other similar documented case.