A Case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome Presented as Bilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy.
- Author:
Seoung Bock LEE
1
;
Dong Seob KIM
;
Young Joo LEE
;
Jung Chul SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Guillain-Barre syndrome;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Sixth nerve palsy
- MeSH:
Abducens Nerve Diseases*;
Ataxia;
Diplopia;
Extremities;
Guillain-Barre Syndrome*;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Miller Fisher Syndrome;
Ophthalmoplegia
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1998;39(4):813-816
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Guillain-Barre syndrome, acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy, is sometimes accompanied by a typical ophthalmoplegia, usually with bilateral sixth nerve palsy. It also has a similar clinical appearance with Miller-Fisher syndrome, but it is differentiated by limb weakness without ataxia. We observed a 47 year old man with acute onset diplopia and bilateral sixth nerve palsy one week after URI symptoms, diagnosed as Guillain-Barre syndrome with ophthalmoplegia.
