[Polyradiculoneuritis and malaria: report of a case].
Case report of a patient who three weeks after a Plasmodium falciparum malaria presented the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There was a severe type of polyradiculoneuritis with tetraplegia and involvement of several cranial nerves (VI, VII, IX, X) evolving to death. The Guillain-Barré syndrome has been considered a immune disorder with several eliciting antigenic stimuli. The case suggests that protozoan may be one these antigenic factors.
D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology*
Polirradiculoneurite e malária: relato de um caso.