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Pontine Lesion in Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome Shown by MRI
JNNP 51:1572-1575, Hattori,T.,et al, 1988
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Article Abstract
Two patients with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome are reported whose magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)showed brain stem lesions.Both patients developed the opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome after an upper respiratory illness.One case had visual hallucinations during the course of illness and MRI revealed a focal lesion in the pons involving the junction of basis and tegmentum.MRI of the second case showed a focal lesion at the upper pontine tegmentum.
 
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