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Table 1 Cases with Miller Fisher Syndrome after COVID-19 vaccination

From: A case of Miller Fisher syndrome with delayed onset peripheral facial nerve palsy after COVID-19 vaccination: a case report

Age

Sex

Nationality

Type of Vaccine

Number of vaccinations

Time from vaccine to onset (days)

Past history

Neurological findings

CSF cells(/ul) and Protein (mg/dl)

Anti-ganglioside antibodies

NCS

Treatment

Outcome

Reference

30

M

Japan

Pfizer BNT162b2

2

7

none

bilateral gaze palsy, areflexia, ataxia

1 / 30.8

GQ1b, GT1a

normal

IVIg

recovered

[15]

71

M

Japan

Pfizer BNT162b2

2

16

DM

ptosis, loss of light reflex, oculomoter nerve palsy, ataxia

1 / 67

negative

normal

IVIg

recovered

[16]

24

F

N.R.

Pfizer BNT162b2

1

18

none

impaired abduction and elevation of both eyes

2 / 296 (albmin) (mg/L)

GQ1b

normal

IVIg

recovered

[17]

37

M

Syrian

Pfizer BNT162b2

1

9

none

dysphagia, dysarthria

N.R.

N.R.

N.R.

IVIg

N.R.

[18]

72

M

Japan

COVID-19 Moderna

2

7

HT, HL, HUA, AR

diplopia, ataxia

N.D.

GQ1b

F-wave abnormalities

IVIg

recovered

our case

  1. M Male, F Female, N.R. Not reported, DM Diabetes mellitus, HT Hypertension, HL Hyperlipidemia, HU Hyperuricemia, AR Aortic regurgitation, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, N.D. Not determined, NCS Nerve conduction study, IVIg Intravenous immunogloblin therapy