title: Miller-Fisher syndrome associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a frequent hematological malignancy, with meningeal or peripheral nerve infiltrations being the most commonly encountered neurological complications. In this report, we describe a CLL patient with Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) who responded to immune modulation with plasmapheresis. A 47-year-old man diagnosed as B-cell CLL admitted with neutropenic fever. He complained of diplopia and numbness of both arms. Neurological examination revealed a bilateral external ophthalmoplegia, dysphagia, dysarthria, mild shoulder girdle muscle weakness and gait ataxia, accompanied by absent tendon reflexes. Nerve conduction studies were indicative of a predominantly axonal sensori-motor peripheral neuropathy. This association of CLL with MFS had not been previously reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. sahikazeynep@gmail.com
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aki
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Gulsan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sucak
authors.forename: Reha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuruoğlu
authors.forename: Münci
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yağci
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019846:Miller Fisher Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology