Dancing eyes, dancing feet: Opsoclonus-myoclonus in an 18-month-old child with neuroblastoma

Oluwakemi Bukola Badaki; Emily S. Schapiro

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Dancing eyes, dancing feet: Opsoclonus-myoclonus in an 18-month-old child with neuroblastoma

Oluwakemi Bukola Badaki, Emily S. Schapiro

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Abstract

Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome is a rare disorder frequently associated with neuroblastoma in pediatric patients. We present the case of an 18-month-old child with symptoms classic of the syndrome and review the current literature with the aim of aiding the clinician in the recognition and early management of this disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	885-888
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pediatric emergency care
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0b013e31815c9d66
State	Published - Dec 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ataxia
Kinsbourne syndrome
Neuroblastoma
Opsoclonus-myoclonus
Paraneoplastic syndrome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Emergency Medicine

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Dancing eyes, dancing feet: Opsoclonus-myoclonus in an 18-month-old child with neuroblastoma

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