The not-so-benign Miller Fisher syndrome: a variant of the Guilain-Barre syndrome

I. Blau, I. Casson, A. Lieberman and E. Weiss

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-Barre syndrome). Our two patients demonstrate that the condition is not always benign.

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