Recurrent Miller Fisher syndrome

Authors

  • ROBERTO PORTILLO Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Servicio de Neurología. Lima, Perú
  • ÉDGARD ROJAS Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Servicio de Neurología. Lima, Perú
  • JOSÉ VERA Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Servicio de Neurología. Lima, Perú
  • ORLANDO LOO Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Servicio de Neurología. Lima, Perú
  • WILDER GONZALES Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Servicio de Neurología. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v65i3.1393

Keywords:

Miller Fisher syndrome, Ophtalmoplegia, Ataxia, Arreflexy, Recurrence

Abstract

We present the case of a 69 year-old woman who had two recurrent Miller Fisher syndrome and arterial hypertension. The clinical findings at emergency admission were headache, dyplopia, and gait disorder. Clinical examination showed the classic triad ophtalmoplegia, ataxia and arreflexy. We describe neuroimaging, spinal fluid, electromyography and anti gangliosid GQ1b antibody results. Clinical recovery was total and she is now asymptomatic.

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Published

2004-09-13

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 3 (2004)

Section

Casos clínicos

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PORTILLO R, ROJAS ÉDGARD, VERA J, LOO O, GONZALES W. Recurrent Miller Fisher syndrome. An Fac med [Internet]. 2004 Sep. 13 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];65(3):203-5. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1393