We herein report a patient with Miller Fisher syndrome mimicking Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. A 47-year-old man presented with right orbital pain and diplopia. On a neurological examination, he had right oculomotor nerve palsy and diminished deep tendon reflexes. Brain magnetic resonance imaging failed to show any parenchymal lesions; however, the bilateral oculomotor nerves were gadolinium-enhanced. The presence of a triad of orbital pain, ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy, and a rapid response to steroid therapy met the diagnostic criteria for Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. After discharge, antibodies against GQ1b and GT1a were reported to be positive only with phosphatidic acid. The present case was ultimately diagnosed as an incomplete phenotype of Miller Fisher syndrome.

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