Clinical study on pediatric Fisher's syndrome in Twenty-two cases / 吉林大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective: To confirm the pathogenesis and diagnosis of pediatric Fisher's syndr ome.Methods: Clinical manifestations and Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were compared and studied in 22 patients diagnosed as Fisher's syndrome.Results:Twenty- two cases of Fisher's syndrome both had the characteristics of ophthalmoplegia and cerebella ataxia,and had different degrees of incomplete fl accid paralysis in the ar ms and legs. In about half of 22 cases, the CSF showed divergence phenomenon of the protein and cell. Conclusion: Fisher's syndrome is a specific or variant type of AIP involving the cranial nerves, in which the cerebellar ataxia is taken as a main symptom and sign .