Benign intracranial hypertension: atypical presentation of Miller Fisher syndrome?
| Autor: | Tayeb Sekhara, Bernard Dachy, Leena D Mewasingh, Bernard Dan, Maurice C Djeunang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Antibodies Bacterial -- analysis Ataxia Nausea Autoantibodies -- analysis Miller Fisher Syndrome -- complications Serology Central nervous system disease Campylobacter jejuni Developmental Neuroscience Miller Fisher Syndrome -- physiopathology Medicine Humans Child Myelin Sheath Intracranial pressure Autoantibodies Myelin Sheath -- immunology Pseudotumor Cerebri Miller Fisher Syndrome Miller Fisher Syndrome -- microbiology business.industry Campylobacter jejuni -- immunology Fisher Syndrome Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles medicine.disease Pseudotumor Cerebri -- etiology Antibodies Bacterial Surgery Psychologie Neurology Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Vomiting Female Neurology (clinical) Headaches medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric neurology, 26 (3 |
| ISSN: | 0887-8994 |
| Popis: | Acute ocular paresis, nausea, vomiting, and headaches associated with high intracranial pressure without obvious intracranial pathology are typical features of benign intracranial hypertension. We describe two young children whose presentation, initially suggestive of idiopathic or benign intracranial hypertension, evolved to comprise ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia. This triad characterizes Miller Fisher syndrome, a clinical variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome that occurs rarely among children. In both patients, this diagnosis was supported by the clinical course and neurophysiologic findings. Plasma serology was positive for Campylobacter jejuni and anti-GQ1b antibodies in one patient and for antimyelin antibodies in the other. This report of two children with Miller Fisher syndrome presenting with intracranial hypertension adds to the findings for a similar patient treated previously, which raises the question concerning the possible role or contribution of benign intracranial hypertension in Miller Fisher syndrome. Case Reports Journal Article SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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