Opsoclonus

Opsoclonus (also: dancing eye ) describes uncontrolled, nystagmus-like movements of the eyes in different directions, which are caused by involuntary contractures of the eye muscles . The name was first coined in 1913.

Opsokloni occur in the context of inflammatory processes (especially encephalitis ), toxic or paraneoplastic syndromes of the cerebellar cortex and - in combination with a myoclonus - in the opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome .

See also

• Myoclonus
• Nystagmus

literature

• Pschyrembel clinical dictionary. With clinical syndromes and nouns anatomica. = Clinical Dictionary. Edited by the publisher's dictionary editor under the direction of Christoph Zink. 256th, revised edition. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1990, ISBN 3-11-010881-X .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Orzechowski K .: Opsoklonus . In: Lwoski Tyg Lek . tape 18 , 1913, pp. 243 .

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