A Case of Regional Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
- Author:
Sang Soo LEE
1
;
Sung Hyun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. sslee@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Guillain-Barre syndrome;
Facial diplegia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diagnosis;
Extremities;
Guillain-Barre Syndrome*;
Humans;
Male;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Paresthesia;
Reflex;
Reflex, Abnormal
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2005;23(3):415-417
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neurologists are occasionally confronted with patients who have unique symptoms of bilateral but regional weaknesses that do not conform to the typical case with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Acute facial diplegia is a very uncommon neurologic manifestation that can be the presenting symptom in a wide range of diseases. We describe a 32-year-old male patient with acute facial diplegia and distal limb paresthesias without diminished reflexes. His neurophysiologic studies, CSF albuminocytologic dissociation and the clinical course are in keeping with a regional variant of GBS. The absence of hyporeflexia does not necessarily exclude the diagnosis of a GBS variant.
