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Spontaneous recovery of opsoclonusmyoclonus syndrome caused by enterovirus infection
  1. BRAHIM TABARKI
  1. Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
  2. Service de Virologie, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, 75014 Paris, France
  3. Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
  1. Dr Guillaume Sébire, Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
  1. PIERRE PALMER,
  2. PIERRE LEBON
  1. Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
  2. Service de Virologie, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, 75014 Paris, France
  3. Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
  1. Dr Guillaume Sébire, Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
  1. GUILLAUME SÉBIRE
  1. Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
  2. Service de Virologie, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, 75014 Paris, France
  3. Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
  1. Dr Guillaume Sébire, Service de Neurologie, Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.64.3.406a

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    Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome is a well recognised disease in children. The aetiology, except for neuroblastoma accounting for a few patients, remains unknown.1 Viral infection is one of the presumed physiopathological mechanisms. We report a case of opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome due to enterovirus infection with spontaneous remission, no recurrence, and full recovery after 36 months follow up.

    A two year old girl, with a previously normal development, exhibited acute ataxia after a two day history of fever and vomiting. One day later, she developed myoclonic jerks and opsoclonus. Initially, she was febrile (39°C), irritable, and unable to sit …

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