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Guillain-Barré syndrome and its variants: a case of acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy in Jamaica / Síndrome de Guillain-Barré y sus variantes: un caso de la neuropatía axonal sensorial motor aguda en Jamaica
Fletcher-Peddie, K; Alfred, R; Penn-Brown, K; Gayle, F; Gilbert, DT; Elliot, V; Ferguson, TS.
  • Fletcher-Peddie, K; University Hospital of the West Indies. Department of Medicine. Kingston. JM
  • Alfred, R; Scarborough General Hospital. Signal Hill. Tobago
  • Penn-Brown, K; Spanish Town Hospital. St Catherine. JM
  • Gayle, F; University Hospital of the West Indies. Department of Medicine. Kingston. JM
  • Gilbert, DT; University Hospital of the West Indies. Department of Medicine. Kingston. JM
  • Elliot, V; University Hospital of the West Indies. Department of Medicine. Kingston. JM
  • Ferguson, TS; University Hospital of the West Indies. Department of Medicine. Kingston. JM
West Indian med. j ; 62(7): 658-666, Sept. 2013. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1045722
ABSTRACT
This paper reports a case of a Jamaican young woman who experienced flaccid quadriparesis and bulbar weakness over a three-week period after a gastrointestinal illness. Nerve conduction studies confirmed an axonal type neuropathy consistent with the acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy variant of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Recovery, although evident, was slow and was augmented after a course of intravenous immunoglobulin. The patient was discharged from hospital after three months but was re-admitted one week later and eventually succumbed to complications of the illness. This case serves as a reminder that Guillain-Barré syndrome is now the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis and should be considered early in all patients presenting with flaccid quadriparesis.
RESUMEN
El presenta trabajo reporta el caso de una joven jamaicana que experimentó debilidad bulbar y cuadriparesiaflácida por un período de tres semanas después de una enfermedad gastrointestinal. Los estudios de conducción nerviosa confirmaron una neuropatía de tipo axonal en correspondencia con la variante de la neuropatía axonal sensorial motora aguda del síndrome de Guillain-Barré. La recuperación, aunque evidente, fue lenta, y aumentó después de que se le aplicara inmunoglobulina intravenosa. La paciente fue dada de alta del hospital después de tres meses, pero fue ingresada de nuevo una semana más tarde, falleciendo finalmente a causa de las complicaciones de la enfermedad. Este caso sirve como recordatorio de que el síndrome de Guillain-Barré es ahora la causa más común de parálisis flácida aguda, y debe tenerse en cuenta temprano en todos los pacientes que acuden con cuadriparesia flácida.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Quadriplegia / Guillain-Barre Syndrome Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Country/Region as subject: English Caribbean / Jamaica Language: English Journal: West Indian med. j Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Jamaica / Trinidad and Tobago Institution/Affiliation country: Scarborough General Hospital/Tobago / Spanish Town Hospital/JM / University Hospital of the West Indies/JM

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Quadriplegia / Guillain-Barre Syndrome Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Country/Region as subject: English Caribbean / Jamaica Language: English Journal: West Indian med. j Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Jamaica / Trinidad and Tobago Institution/Affiliation country: Scarborough General Hospital/Tobago / Spanish Town Hospital/JM / University Hospital of the West Indies/JM