Open AccessDancing Eyes Dancing Feet Syndrome-A Report of Two Cases
Author(s) -
P Jasminekalyani,
S. Saravanan,
Sriramakrishnan,
M Radha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7184.4339
Subject(s) - opsoclonus , medicine , occult , encephalopathy , pediatrics , myoclonus , encephalitis , neuroblastoma , dermatology , immunology , virus , pathology , genetics , alternative medicine , psychiatry , biology , cell culture
Opsoclonus Myoclonus (OMS) is a rare neurological disorder which appears to be the result of an autoimmune dysfunction. It is an extremely rare condition, affecting as few as 1 in 10,000,000 people every year. It affects 2 to 3% of children. Opsoclonus Myoclonus, which manifests itself as post infectious encephalopathy, occasionally along with HIV infection, post Streptococcal infection, West Nile virus encephalitis and Rickettsial infection, most often presents as a paraneoplastic syndrome, which is especially caused by occult neuroblastoma which is commonly seen in childhood and occurs in adults in relation to breast cancer and small cell lung cancer. In this study, two adult post infectious cases which had rare manifestations, have been presented. The cases were managed by using corticosteroids.