Fulminant Guillain-Barre Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A
Journal of Clinical Neurology
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: 105-107, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
A 32-year-old man was transferred to an intensive care unit due to respiratory difficulties with a 4-day history of progressive areflexic quadriparesis following acute hepatitis A. A nerve-conduction study revealed inexcitability of most nerves. The cerebrospinal fluid showed albuminocytologic dissociation, suggesting Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). The patient appeared brain dead on day 4, showing absent brainstem reflexes, respiratory failure, and fully dilated and fixed pupils. This case is an example of how GBS can evolve and simulate a brain-dead state from fulminant deafferentation following acute hepatitis A.
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Assunto principal:
Quadriplegia
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Reflexo
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Insuficiência Respiratória
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Morte Encefálica
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Tronco Encefálico
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Líquido Cefalorraquidiano
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Distúrbios Pupilares
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Síndrome de Guillain-Barré
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Hepatite
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Hepatite A
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Clinical Neurology
Ano de publicação:
2007
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Artigo
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