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Miller-Fisher Syndrome With Initial Manifestation of Rhinolalia Aperta: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pacut, Peter
Han, Jee-Young
Ghasemi, Mehdi
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2023-10-02
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Rhinolalia aperta (hypernasal speech) is rarely reported in patients with Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS). Here, we report a patient with MFS who presented with rhinolalia aperta. A 35-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse and hepatic cirrhosis presented with a three-day acute hypernasal voice change and numbness of both hands/thighs. After admission, the exam also revealed palatal hypomobility, decreased bilateral hand/thigh sensation, ataxic gait, dysmetria, areflexia, and bilateral abducens palsy. Serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-GQ1b antibody titer was elevated (1:6400). A five-day intravenous IgG was administered with a robust clinical response. Oropharyngeal involvement in MFS can initially manifest with isolated hypernasal speech.

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Pacut P, Han JY, Ghasemi M. Miller-Fisher Syndrome With Initial Manifestation of Rhinolalia Aperta: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 2023 Oct 2;15(10):e46376. doi: 10.7759/cureus.46376. PMID: 37927683; PMCID: PMC10620625.

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10.7759/cureus.46376
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© Copyright 2023 Pacut et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.