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Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever
Miller Fischer syndrome (MFS) is a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome which is characterized by a triad of ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and areflexia. It is uncommonly associated with systemic illnesses. We present the case of a young boy who came back after a trip to New Delhi in India, who developed M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249538 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15386 |
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author | Maramattom, Boby Varkey Rathish, Balram Meleth, Hanna A |
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description | Miller Fischer syndrome (MFS) is a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome which is characterized by a triad of ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and areflexia. It is uncommonly associated with systemic illnesses. We present the case of a young boy who came back after a trip to New Delhi in India, who developed MFS. MRI showed a callosal splenial hyperintensity which is called the boomerang sign. The evaluation revealed typhoid fever. This is probably the first such report of MFS associated with this infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-82534742021-07-09 Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever Maramattom, Boby Varkey Rathish, Balram Meleth, Hanna A Cureus Internal Medicine Miller Fischer syndrome (MFS) is a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome which is characterized by a triad of ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and areflexia. It is uncommonly associated with systemic illnesses. We present the case of a young boy who came back after a trip to New Delhi in India, who developed MFS. MRI showed a callosal splenial hyperintensity which is called the boomerang sign. The evaluation revealed typhoid fever. This is probably the first such report of MFS associated with this infection. Cureus 2021-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8253474/ /pubmed/34249538 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15386 Text en Copyright © 2021, Maramattom et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Maramattom, Boby Varkey Rathish, Balram Meleth, Hanna A Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever |
title | Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever |
title_full | Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever |
title_fullStr | Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever |
title_full_unstemmed | Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever |
title_short | Miller Fisher Syndrome and Boomerang Sign: A Rare Presentation of Typhoid Fever |
title_sort | miller fisher syndrome and boomerang sign: a rare presentation of typhoid fever |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249538 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15386 |
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