Miller-Fisher syndrome in association with enterovirus infection

J Child Neurol. 2012 Apr;27(4):521-2. doi: 10.1177/0883073811420602. Epub 2011 Oct 3.

Abstract

Miller-Fisher is a rare syndrome of childhood that presents with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia. It has been mainly associated with a preceding Campylobacter infection and less commonly with other bacterial or viral infections. This report describes, for the first time, a child with Miller-Fisher syndrome and documented Enterovirus infection, as it was proven by the isolation of Enterovirus from cerebrospinal fluid by polymerase chain reaction testing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Classical Lissencephalies and Subcortical Band Heterotopias / etiology*
  • Classical Lissencephalies and Subcortical Band Heterotopias / virology*
  • Enterovirus Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male