Publications by authors named "Tetsuro Kashiwagi"
Rinsho Shinkeigaku
April 2006
Article Synopsis
- A 38-year-old man experienced symptoms like dysesthesia, double vision, and an unsteady gait after an upper respiratory infection, leading to a diagnosis of Fisher syndrome.
- His serum tested positive for IgG anti-GQ1b antibodies, commonly associated with this syndrome, and he reported a loss of taste sensation that improved with other neurological symptoms.
- Unlike typical cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, where taste disturbance is often linked to facial nerve palsy, this case indicates that the loss of taste may have stemmed from specific involvement of the taste sensory pathways rather than facial nerve issues.
