Erschienen in:
18.06.2020 | Letter to the Editor
A rare case of Opsoclonus-Myoclonus associated with SCLC
verfasst von:
M. Lebeer, M. Montagna, S. Coito, T. Reynders, J. Raskin
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurologica Belgica
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Ausgabe 4/2020
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Excerpt
We report a case of a patient with a newly diagnosed small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), with paraneoplastic Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome (p-OMS) as the presenting symptom. Patients with OMS may have very debilitating symptoms, despite an albeit limited tumor load. Furthermore, OMS may be refractory to treatment, even in case of primary tumor response. Hence it represents a real challenge for the clinician, and a multidisciplinary approach (neurologist–oncologist) is recommended. …