Autoimmune neuropathies such as the Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), the Mill
er Fisher syndrome (MFS), and chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy
(CIDP) have conventionally been considered diseases exclusively of the per
ipheral nervous system. In the last decades, however, several reports of CN
S involvement in peripheral neuropathy have challenged this view. We descri
be a patient with anti-GQ1b positive MFS who - apart From the classical fea
tures - also presented with reversible loss of visual acuity suggesting CNS
involvement.