Miller Fisher syndrome and COVID-19: is there a link?

BMJ Case Reports - Tập 13 Số 8 - Trang e236419 - 2020
Amanda Ray1
1Emergency Department, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK

Tóm tắt

Beyond the typical respiratory symptoms and fever associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome, we may still have much to learn about other manifestations of the novel SARS-CoV-2 infection. A patient presented with Guillain-Barré syndrome in China with a concurrent SARS-CoV-2 infection. The following case report looks at a patient presenting with the rare Miller Fisher syndrome, a variant of Guillain-Barré while also testing positive for COVID-19.

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