Navigating the Complexity of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Miller Fisher Syn-drome Overlap Syndrome: A Pediatric Case Report

Kamal Chafiq

CHU Souss Massa, Morocco

Biography :

Kamal Chafiq is the corresponding author affiliated with the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Agadir, University Ibn Zohr, Morocco. His research interests include anesthesia and critical care, with a focus on advancing medical practices and patient outcomes.

Abstract :

Guillain-Barre syndrome/Miller Fishe syndrome (GBS/MFS) overlap syndrome is an extremely rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in which Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) coexists with other characteristics of GBS, such as limb weakness, paresthesia, and facial paralysis. We report the clinical case of a 12-year-old patient, with no pathological history, who acute­ly presents with ophthalmoplegia, areflexia, facial diplegia, and swallowing and phonation disorders, followed by progressive, descending, and symmetrical paresis affecting first the upper limbs and then the lower limbs. An albuminocytological dissociation was found in the cerebrospinal fluid study. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord showed enhance­ment and thickening of the cauda equina roots. The patient was treated with immunoglobu­lins with a favorable clinical outcome.