Vasculitic neuropathy mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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.
Suggs
S P
SP
Department of Neurology, University of Alabama Hospitals, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Thomas
T D
TD
Joy
J L
JL
Lopez-Mendez
A
A
Oh
S J
SJ
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