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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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Autores principales: Maramattom, Boby Varkey, Rathish, Balram, Meleth, Hanna A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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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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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.
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Maramattom, Boby Varkey
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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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