Fisher syndrome

Fisher syndrome

 [fish´er]
a variant of acute idiopathic polyneuritis characterized by areflexia, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia.

Fish·er syn·drome

(fish'ĕr),
a syndrome characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia; generally considered a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (q.v.).

Fisher syndrome

A rare, acute variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, seen in middle-aged men after a viral upper respiratory tract infection.

Clinical findings
Classically characterised by a triad of clinical findings: post-traumatic cerebellar ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and generalised areflexia. It may be accompanied by myasthenia, respiratory failure, headache, fever, dyspnoea, facial nerve paralysis. 

Prognosis
Generally has a good prognosis, most resolve spontaneously in 3 months; some progress to coma.

Fish·er syn·drome

(fish'ĕr sin'drōm)
A syndrome characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia; a form of polyneuroradiculitis.

Fisher,

Miller, U.S. neurologist, 1910–.
Fisher syndrome - a syndrome characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia; a form of polyneuroradiculitis.

Fish·er syn·drome

(fish'ĕr sin'drōm)
Syndrome characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia.
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Keywords: Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Acute motor axonal neuropathy, Acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy, Fisher syndrome, Guillain-Barre syndrome.
IS GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME DIFFERENT IN PAKISTAN?
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis and Fisher syndrome form a continuous spectrum: clinical analysis of 581 cases.
A study on the clinical and electrodiagnostic profile of GBS and its correlation with early predictors of prognosis
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acquired acute neuropathy and covers the spectrum of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP), Miller Fisher syndrome, acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) and acute pandysautonomia.
Guillain-Barre syndrome in a patient with primary extranodal intestinal non-hodgkin's lymphoma: paraneoplastic, drug induced or coincidental?/Primer ekstranodal intestinal lenfomali bir hastada gozlenen Guillain Barre sendromu: paraneoplastik kokenli mi, ilac yan etkisi mi, rastlantisal mi?
Miller Fisher syndrome, internal and external ophthalmoplegia after flu vaccination.
Miller-Fisher Syndrome: a case report/Miller-Fisher Sendromu: olgu sunumu
This epidemiological study was a key criterion in proving the molecular mimicry theory and influenced our own subsequent prospective case-control study in Fisher syndrome (FS) as will be later discussed.
Guillain-Barre syndrome and anti-ganglioside antibodies: a clinician-scientist's journey
Guillain Barre syndrome has been observed to be associated with many diseases including many immunopathies which include, hashimoto's thyroiditis13, temporal arteritis14, autoimmune Interstitial lung diseases15, Systemic lupus erythematosis16, lupus nephritis17, cutaneous or systemic vasculitis, Sjogren syndrome myasthenia Gravis20, Henoch schonlein purpura21 Waldenstrom's disease22, cryoglobinemia, hepatitis C23, ulcerative colitis and there is also a report of Miller Fisher syndrome (a clinical variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome) and Crohn's disease24.
GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEPATITIS A INFECTION AND NEPHRITIC SYNDROME
Bickerstaff's encephalitis and the Miller Fisher Syndrome.
Encefalitis de Bickerstaff, sindrome o espectro de Fisher Bickerstaff, reporte de dos casos
Recent developments in Miller Fisher syndrome and related disorders.
Guillain-Barre syndrome with absent brainstem reflexes--a report of two cases
acute bulbar palsy (ABP) with no limb weakness, differentiating it from the Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) and PCB2.
PHARYNGEAL CERVICAL BRACHIAL VARIANT OF GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME REQUIRING PROLONGED VENTILATORY SUPPORT
History, clinical examination and investigation findings were suggestive of Miller Fisher Syndrome and treatments started with 5 cycle of Plasmapheresis, which were given over a period of 15 days.
An uncommon presentation of miller fisher syndrome
Epidemiology of Campylobactor jejuni isolated from patients with Guillain-Barre and Fisher syndrome in Japan.
Update: Guillain-Barre Syndrome among recipients of Menactra[R] meningococcal conjugate vaccine--United States, October 2005-February 2006

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