Neuropathic Pain in Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with Scrub Typhus
10.35827/cp.2019.18.2.111
- Author:
Saerom KANG
1
;
Sook Jung LEE
;
Eunseok CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea. choies612@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Guillain-Barre syndrome;
Scrub typhus;
Neuralgia
- MeSH:
Follow-Up Studies;
Guillain-Barre Syndrome;
Neuralgia;
Paralysis;
Scrub Typhus
- From:
Clinical Pain
2019;18(2):111-114
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is usually characterized by acute areflexic ascending paralysis with minimal sensory involvement. Only a few cases of GBS associated with scrub typhus have been reported. Previous case reports focused on the laboratory findings, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestation. Unlike the previous case, neuropathic pain was a prominent symptom of GBS in our case. We report scrub-typhus-related GBS with a detailed description of the clinical manifestations, especially neuropathic pain, along with results of serial follow-up electrodiagnostic studies.
