Ophthalmoplegia associated with the anti-Ri antibody

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Anti-Ri antibodies most often occur in patients with breast cancer and typically are associated with the paraneoplastic syndrome of opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia. This study reports a patient with diplopia and ophthalmoplegia. She had anti-Ri antibodies, and despite an exhaustive search for malignancy at presentation, breast cancer was not detected for six months.

Medical Subject Headings

Antigens, Neoplasm (immunology); Breast Neoplasms (diagnosis, immunology); Diplopia (complications); Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Neuro-Oncological Ventral Antigen; Ophthalmoplegia (complications, immunology, physiopathology); Paraneoplastic Syndromes (immunology); RNA-Binding Proteins; Time Factors

Publication Date

12-1-1999

Publication Title

Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

ISSN

1070-8022

Volume

19

Issue

4

First Page

246

Last Page

8

PubMed ID

10608678

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