Miller Fisher syndrome and COVID-19: is there a link?

BMJ Case Rep

Emergency Department, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK

Published: August 2020

Beyond the typical respiratory symptoms and fever associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome, we may still have much to learn about other manifestations of the novel SARS-CoV-2 infection. A patient presented with Guillain-Barré syndrome in China with a concurrent SARS-CoV-2 infection. The following case report looks at a patient presenting with the rare Miller Fisher syndrome, a variant of Guillain-Barré while also testing positive for COVID-19.

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