Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

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Miller Fisher syndrome in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis

  • Park, Jae Young (Department of Neurology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center) ;
  • Jung, Hoe Jong (Department of Neurology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center) ;
  • Bae, Heewon (Department of Neurology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center) ;
  • Han, Jeong-Ho (Department of Neurology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center) ;
  • Kang, Min Ju (Department of Neurology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center)
  • Received : 2020.07.30
  • Accepted : 2020.09.01
  • Published : 2020.10.31
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Abstract

Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) is characterized by the acute ophthalmoparesis, ataxia and areflexia. We describe the case of 70-year-old man with cardinal symptom of MFS and active pulmonary tuberculosis (Tb). A thorough evaluation led to the diagnosis of MFS and treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) was started. The complete resolution of ophthalmoparesis and ataxia was observed from the fourth day of IVIg treatment. This is the first report to describe a case of MFS that developed in patient pulmonary tuberculosis.

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