Atypical Variant of Guillain Barre Syndrome in a Patient with COVID-19

Megan M. Lowery¹, Muhammad Taimur Malik², Joseph Seemiller², Cynthia S. Tsai¹

1 Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville PA, USA
2 Geisinger Neuroscience Institute, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA

DOI: 10.2478/jccm-2020-0038

Objective: A rare variant Miller Fisher Syndrome overlap with Guillain Barre Syndrome is described in an adult patient with SARS-COV-2 infection. Case Presentation: The clinical course of a 45-year-old immunosuppressed man is summarized as a patient who developed ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and areflexia after upper respiratory infection symptoms began. A nasopharyngeal swab was positive for COVID-19 […]

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure, Miller Fisher Syndrome, Guillain–Barré syndrome, COVID-19

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