Korean Journal of Neuromuscular Disorders 2020;12(1):13-15

doi:10.46518/kjnmd.2020.12.1.13

Post-Traumatic Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Sung Ho JO 1 ; Jongmin LEE ; Jungsoo LEE ; Ji Hyun KIM ; Jinseok PARK ; Seung Hyun KIM ; Ki-wook OH

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Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, which is often related to post-infectious etiology. However, GBS has also been reported to be caused by non-infectious factors such as trauma. This report describes a rare case of post-traumatic GBS with dramatic response to immunoglobulin therapy. And here, we also discussed about the importance of differential diagnosis with critical illness polyneuropathy.