title: Guillain-Barré syndrome: a possible extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis.
abstract: In two elderly patients with ulcerative colitis, acute Guillain-Barré syndrome developed while the inflammatory bowel disease was in remission. The patients were treated with corticosteroids and recovered. Since both disorders are relatively uncommon, we suggest that the Guillain-Barré syndrome may have been causally related to the preexisting chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Guillain-Barré syndrome may be regarded as a possible extraintestinal complication of chronic ulcerative colitis.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones