title: [Cranial polyradiculitis or the so-called Fisher syndrome].
abstract: In the light of 3 personally observed cases a description is given of polyradiculitis cranialis or socalled Fisher's syndrome, a separate form of Guillain-Barre-Strohl polyradiculitis. It is a combination of acute ataxia, areflexia and ophthalmoplegia. The cause is probably an immunological reaction to a harmless infectious disease. Reversible or limited demyelination is assumed. The demyelination occurs particularly in the peripheral nerves and their spinal roots, but also in the spinal-cerebellar pathways and possibly in the nuclei of the cranial or optic nerves. Diagnosis is based on detection of "albumino-cytologic dissociation" in the cerebrospinal fluid and the finding of a lesion of the peripheral motor neuron in the EMG. Special drug therapy is unnecessary. The prognosis is good: complete remission is usually observed.
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000150:complications*; D012018:Reflex
vernacular_title: Polyradiculitis cranialis oder das sogenannte Fisher-Syndrom