title: Transitory spinal cord swelling in a 6-year-old boy with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: A 6-year-old boy developed progressive motor weakness and areflexia. The clinical picture, combined with electrophysiological findings, indicated a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). MRI on admission revealed spinal cord swelling and increased signal intensity within the cord. It is concluded that, since a degree of central nervous system involvement can occasionally be part of the spectrum of GBS, swelling of the spinal cord without contrast enhancement does not exclude a diagnosis of GBS.
authors.affiliation: Section of Child Neurology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Hospital for Children and Youth, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Delhaas
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Witkamp
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*