Opsoclonus as a presenting symptom in thymic carcinoma.
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Opsoclonus as a presenting symptom in thymic carcinoma.
Opsoclonus as a presenting symptom in thymic carcinoma Opsoclonus is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome accompanying some malignant tumours (car-cinoma of the lung, uterus, breast, and neuroblastoma in children). We report a patient with opsoclonus combined with ataxia preceding the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma. A 65 year old man complained of dizziness and difficulties with walking before admissi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.53.6.534