[Paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome associated with small-cell lung cancer]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 2003 Nov;59(5 Pt 1):321-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome was observed in a patient treated for small-cell lung cancer. Opsoclonus presented as anarchic involuntary eye movements associated with myoclonies of the limbs and trunk. Opsoclonus-myoclonus is exceptional and a specific expression among several paraneoplastic manifestations described in small-cell lung cancer. These manifestations develop late after diagnosis of cancer. Presence of anti-neuronal antibodies in the serum (inconstant) is a factor of very poor prognosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / etiology*