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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
Paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is associated with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in adults. Without appropriate treatment for SCLC, all reported patients with SCLC and OMS have died of complications of OMS within 3 months of diagnosis. With appropriate treatment, about half of reported patients have had improvement in neurologic function, and several have become long-term survivors (6-84 months). We report a patient with SCLC who presented with OMS and was refractory to immunosuppressive therapy but responded rapidly to antineoplastic therapy and remains alive with no sign of SCLC recurrence and minimal residual neurologic deficits 30 months after diagnosis. In patients presenting with OMS, early recognition and treatment of the underlying malignancy probably improve the chances for recovery from the OMS with minimal deficit and ultimate survival.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1536-5166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Carcinoma, Small Cell, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Radiotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Steroids, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Survivors, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:18347455-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term survival in paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports