Ocular presentation of pediatric Miller-Fisher syndrome

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2008 Jul-Aug;45(4):245-6. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20080701-16.

Abstract

The authors describe a case of Miller-Fisher syndrome in a child who presented to the ophthalmology department with bilateral abducens nerve palsies. Miller-Fisher syndrome is an important differential diagnosis in any case of bilateral sixth nerve palsies but should only be definitively diagnosed once tumors, infections, and other neurological diseases have been conclusively ruled out.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diplopia / diagnosis*
  • Gangliosides / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Miller Fisher Syndrome / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Gangliosides
  • GQ1 ganglioside