Abstract
THE COMBINATION OF sudden, progressive ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia following an upper respiratory infection is extremely rare and has been linked with the constellation of findings known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome. The purpose of this communication is to report the sixth case of this unusual variant of the syndrome. Report of a Case A 54-year-old white foreman of a graveyard was transferred to Kansas City General Hospital on Jan 14, 1961. On Jan 1 he had complained of generalized muscular aching and a mild cough. The oral temperature was 102 F (38.9 C) and ranged during the next 5 days from normal to 103 F (39.4 C). On Jan 7 he returned to work but noticed trembling of the hands and arms. The next morning he complained of blurred vision when viewing distant objects and later noticed paresthesias in both hands and across the forehead. On Jan 8 he was
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