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To the Editor: Some patients with cancer have a paraneoplastic syndrome of opsoclonus-myoclonus (``dancing eyes-dancing feet''), which may be caused by antibodies directed against antigens shared by tumor and cerebellar cells.^1,2 We describe a patient with lung cancer who had opsoclonus-myoclonus associated with a neuronal antibody and in whom the condition improved after immunoadsorption therapy.

A 48-year-old man with small-cell lung cancer had chaotic, omnidirectional, synchronous eye movements along with spontaneous jerks of the extremities, palate, and face. The movement disorder prevented him from walking, writing, and eating and did not improve with corticosteroid therapy. The patient's cerebellar function was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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