Identifier |
wh_ch61_p3540_3 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Diagnosis |
Creator |
David I. Kaufman, DO |
Affiliation |
Chair, Neurology & Ophthalmology, Michigan State University |
Subject |
Demyelinating Diseases; Axonal Disorders; Miller Fisher Syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia; Ataxia; Areflexia; Fisher's Syndrome; Diagnosis |
Description |
MFS should be considered in any patient who develops the rapidly progressive triad of ophthalmoparesis (with or without pupillary and eyelid involvement), ataxia, and areflexia, and also in patients who develop only a part of the syndrome such as an isolated unilateral or bilateral ophthalmoparesis, ophthalmoparesis and ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and areflexia, or ataxia and areflexia. Diagnoses to exclude in such cases are Wernickes encephalopathy, vascular brainstem disease, botulism, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, brainstem neoplasm, and a variety of bacterial or viral brainstem encephalitides. EMG and lumbar puncture help confirm the diagnosis, particularly when neuroimaging studies show no evidence of overt CNS involvement. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6hx4n36 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185639 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hx4n36 |