Dancing eyes, dancing feet: opsoclonus-myoclonus in an 18-month-old child with neuroblastoma.
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.
Badaki
Oluwakemi Bukola
OB
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA. badaki@email.chop.edu
Schapiro
Emily S
ES
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D053578:Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*