The Not-So-Benign Miller Fisher Syndrome
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 37 (6), 384-385
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1980.00500550086016
Abstract
• Two patients with Fisher's syndrome of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia experienced severe weakness and respiratory distress. Both patients required tracheostomy and assisted ventilation, but both made a complete recovery. Fisher's syndrome is generally considered to be a benign variant of acute infectious polyneuropathy (the Guillain-Barré syndrome). Our two patients demonstrate that the condition is not always benign.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- An Unusual Variant of Acute Idiopathic Polyneuritis (Syndrome of Ophthalmoplegia, Ataxia and Areflexia)The New England Journal of Medicine, 1956