Opsoclonus Myoclonus syndrome
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Clinic
- OMS is a rare neurological disorder probably due to Autoimmune disease / Infectious disease.
- OMS is occurred with neuroblastoma and Celiac disease.
- It is characterized by
- Involuntary, conjugate, multi directional eye movements (Saccades)
- Myoclonus: involuntary movements of limb or face
- Ataxia,
- Dysarthria
- Irritability
- Dementia
- Altered level of consciousness
Entities
- Opsoclonus
- Myoclonus: Brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or a group of muscles
- Cerebellar ataxia: Both truncal and appendicular
- Aphasia: A language disorder in which there is an impairment of speech and of comprehension of speech, caused by brain damage
- Mutism: A language disorder in which a person does not speak despite evidence of speech ability in the past, often part of a larger neurological or psychiatric disorder
- Dysarthria
Sign / Symptoms
- Lethargy , Irritability or malaise
- Drooling
- Strabismus
- Vomiting
- Sleep disturbance
- Emotional disturbances including fits of rage
Related Disease
- Neuroblastoma
- Breast carcinoma
- Small-cell lung carcinoma
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
Miasms
Miasmatic review
OMS is an inflammatory disease which involves Cerebellum.
- ↑ Kuban KC, Ephros MA, Freeman RL, Laffell LB, Bresnan MJ. Syndrome of opsoclonus-myoclonus caused by Coxsackie B3 infection. Ann Neurol. 1983 Jan;13(1):69-71. doi: 10.1002/ana.410130115. PMID: 6299176.
- ↑ J Clin Neurol 2014;10(3):272-275 Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome Associated with Mumps Virus Infection Bong-Hui Kang,a Jae-Il Kima,b