Walsh & Hoyt: Miller Fisher Syndrome

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Identifier wh_ch16_p797
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Miller Fisher Syndrome
Creator Aki Kawasaki, MD, PhD
Affiliation Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
Subject Ocular Motor System; Accommodation, Ocular; Tears; Miller Fisher Syndrome
Description Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) is considered a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute idiopathic polyneuritis). The majority (80100%) of patients with MFS are positive for anti-GQ1b IgG antibodies. Some patients also show clinical and/or imaging evidence of CNS involvement. Pupillary abnormalities are rather common, being present in 21 of 50 (42%) patients in one study. Bilateral mydriasis, poor or no light reaction, anisocoria, and reduced accommodation are typical findings and indicate primary oculoparasympathetic dysfunction. The results from one patient whose pupils were studied pharmacologically in the acute and recovery stages of MFS suggested that the pupillary involvement was caused by involvement of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
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: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6545x49