133 Introduction Opsoclonus-myoclonus is a rare neurological disorder characterised by intention tremor, unsteady gait, myoclonus and opsoclonus. Lethargy and irritability are also described. The abnormal eye movements are distinctive, being multidirectional and of high amplitude. Its recognition helps in the diagnosis of this clinical syndrome, the correct identification of which leads to the ...

Three patients with dancing eyes syndrome of childhood are reported focussing on brainstem acoustic evoked potentials (BAEPs) recorded at different phases of the disease. In the first child in the acute phase BAEPs revealed pontine disturbance, which was less severe in a following milder attack. In the second child slight BAEP abnormalities were shown in the period of remission. In the case of ...

A 13 years old girl was admitted to the pediatric ward of hospital  No 1 of Kerman university of medical sciences because of crampy pains, pins and needles sensation of the extremities and history of an episode of seizure. Her problem started one week prior to admission with pain in the leg muscles, flexion of the fingers followed by seizure. On physical examination, the prominent finding inclu...

Abstract Opsoclonus is defined as hyperkinetic, omnidirectional, spontaneous, and involuntary chaotic eye movements. Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome addressed by many names including “dancing eyes-dancing feet syndrome,” “Kinsbourne “infantile polymyoclonia.” The early accounts of the clinical date back to 1962 when Marcel Kinsbourne described six cases this phenotype. However, it was not ...

INTRODUCTION Stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy is a rare form of cardiomyopathy which presents in a manner similar to that of acute coronary syndrome. This sometimes leads to unnecessary thrombolysis therapy. The pathogenesis of this disease is still poorly understood. We believe that reporting all cases of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy will contribute to a better understanding of this disea...