Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

GUILLAIN–BARRE SYNDROME – AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION

Sadaf Choudhary, Anand Sude, Keya Lahiri

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Guillain–Barre Syndrome is a post–infectious polyneuropathy involving mainly the motor, but sometimes the sensory and autonomic nerves as well. We present an atypical case of Guillain–Barre Syndrome in a 12 year old boy. Male child presented with loose stool 3 days back for one day followed by aupt onset of numbness in the palms and fingers on the second day and weakness with pain in the calf and ankle on the third day. On central nervous system examination, power in upper and lower limbs was 3/5 with normal tone and intact superficial reflexes. Elicitation of deep reflexes revealed absent ankle jerk, while knee jerk, biceps and triceps reflexes were normal. Laboratory parameters were normal and EMG–NCV was suggestive of acute demyelinating polyneuropathy, likely Guillain Barre Syndrome. Patient was started on intravenous immunoglobulin infusion @ 1gm/kg/day and monitored for progression of symptoms.

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GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME‾AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION, Sadaf Choudhary, Anand Sude, Keya Lahiri INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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