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. 1988 Dec;51(12):1572–1575. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.12.1572

Pontine lesion in opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome shown by MRI.

T Hattori 1, K Hirayama 1, T Imai 1, T Yamada 1, S Kojima 1
PMCID: PMC1032776  PMID: 3221225

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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