| Literature DB >> 27473195 |
Julien Hébert1, David Armstrong2, Nick Daneman3,4, Jennifer Deborah Jain5, James Perry6.
Abstract
A 63-year-old female with no significant past medical history was presented with a 5-day history of progressive opsoclonus-myoclonus, headaches, and fevers. Her workup was significant only for positive West-Nile Virus serum serologies. She received a 2-day course of intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIG). At an 8-week follow up, she had a complete neurological remission. Adult-onset opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome is a rare condition for which paraneoplastic and infectious causes have been attributed. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported of opsoclonus-myoclonus secondary to West-Nile Virus treated with intravenous immunoglobulin monotherapy.Entities:
Keywords: Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome; West Nile virus
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27473195 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-016-0470-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurovirol ISSN: 1355-0284 Impact factor: 3.739