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  • Another promising treatment...
    Oguma, Makiko; Morimoto, Akira; Takada, Akiko; Kashii, Yoshifumi; Fukuda, Tokiko; Mori, Masato; Yamagata, Takanori; Sugie, Hideo; Momoi, Mariko Y

    Brain & development (Tokyo. 1979), 03/2012, Volume: 34, Issue: 3
    Journal Article

    Abstract A one-year-old boy with neuroblastoma (NBoma)-associated opsoclonus–myoclonus syndrome (OMS) was treated by oral high-dose dexamethasone (DEX) pulses (20 mg/m2 /day of DEX for three consecutive days) every 28 days for 6 months after resection of the tumor. All OMS symptoms improved after the first course of DEX pulse therapy and disappeared after the last course. No adverse effects were observed. Minor deterioration of his developmental quotient was noted 33 months after the onset of the disease. NBoma remission has been maintained since treatment. Before DEX pulse therapy, frequency of T lymphocyte, in particular CD4-positive cell decreased markedly resulted in low CD4/8 ratio in the peripheral blood (PB). The frequency of B lymphocyte increased, especially in cerebrospinal fluid. These aberrant values in PB were reversed by DEX pulse therapy and correlated well with the neurological symptoms. A prospective study that assesses the efficacy of this promising and inexpensive treatment for OMS is warranted.