Ocular flutter and truncal ataxia may be associated with enterovirus infection.
We report on three patients who presented a rare, uniform clinical syndrome consisting of ocular flutter and truncal ataxia. In all patients the symptoms followed an upper respiratory infection and resolved without sequelae within a few weeks. Previous reports have emphasized the apparent relationship of this entity to infectious disease, but the infectious agent remained uncertain. In one patient we could find a significant rise in antibody titres to enterovirus. We are not aware of any other similar documented case.
Wiest
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Department of Clinical Neurology, University Clinic of Neurology, Vienna, Austria.
Safoschnik
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Schnaberth
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Mueller
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D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001259:Ataxia / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D004584:Electronystagmography; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral