Opsoclonus-myoclonus in adults: 4 cases.

Authors
Khoris, J Pages, M
Citation
J. Khoris et M. Pages, Opsoclonus-myoclonus in adults: 4 cases., ANN MED IN, 150(4), 1999, pp. 283-286
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
ANNALES DE MEDECINE INTERNE
ISSN journal
0003410X → ACNP
Volume
150
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
283 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-410X(199906)150:4<283:OIA4C>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Four cases of opsoclonus in adults are reported. In all cases, it was assoc iated with myoclonus and cerebellar syndrome. In 2 cases, the clinical and biological picture was suggestive of an infectious origin, and the patients recovered. The last cases are paraneoplastic opsoclonus revelating a pulmo nary carcinoma and a breast cancer. The two patients died from metastasis a fter a transient improvement of ocular disorder. The pathophysiology of opsoclonus is discussed.