title: Vasculitic neuropathy mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: Vasculitic neuropathy classically manifests as a subacute mononeuritis multiplex or polyneuropathy. Patients with a Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)-like presentation are usually not considered to have an underlying vasculitis. We describe 2 patients with rapidly progressive areflexic paralysis that was initially diagnosed as GBS, in whom vasculitic neuropathy was found histologically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Alabama Hospitals, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Suggs
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Joy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Mendez
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology