Three patients with Fisher's syndrome and normal MRI.
Three patients with Fisher's syndrome had normal MRI scans of the brainstem 6 days, 7 days, and 5 weeks, respectively, after the onset of illness. This further supports a peripheral origin for the ataxia and ophthalmoplegia in this illness and distinguishes it from brainstem encephalitis.
Neurological/Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
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D000368:Aged; D001259:Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed