title: [An infant with pain and meningeal irritation due to Guillain-Barré syndrome].
abstract: In a five-month-old girl, who for a week had cried and displayed a relapse in the motor development, generalised hypotonia and meningism were found. Eventually, the results of the cerebrospinal fluid analysis and electromyography indicated Guillain-Barré syndrome. She was treated with immunoglobulins and made a quick recovery. Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute or subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that can occur at any age. In children, the classic symptoms such as a flaccid paralysis and areflexia are not always predominant. Instead, pain is often the most prominent symptom, along with meningism. These symptoms are often insufficiently recognised in practice and as a result of this, delays in the diagnosis of this potentially life-threatening disease often occur.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Kaal
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Mauser
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Diemen-Steenvoorde
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Franssen
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Plötz
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D008580:Meningism / Q000209:etiology*; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000209:etiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins
vernacular_title: Een zuigeling met pijn en meningeale prikkeling door het syndroom van Guillain-Barré.