title: [Guillain-Barré syndrome with central nervous system symptoms. Report of two cases].
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome - acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy - is characterized by symmetrical flaccid paresis of limbs and areflexia or hyporeflexia which progress over a few days, up to 4 weeks. The central nervous system lesion is rarely reported in the course or treatment of the disease. In the paper two cases of patients with diagnosed Guillain-Barré syndrome with the central nervous system manifestations were discussed. A case of a 55-year-old woman was presented, who during hospitalization, on the last day of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy developed a hallucinatory syndrome. Furthermore, a case of a 18-year-old female patient with classic features of Guillain-Barré syndrome was described, because of its atypical initial presentation (headache, drowsiness and meningismus).
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Neurologii, Slaska Akademia Medyczna, ul. 3 Maja 13/15, 41-800 Zabrze. beatamaria.pl@hoga.pl
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Łabuz-Roszak
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pierzchała
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapustecki
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biernawska
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mańka
authors.forename: Klaudiusz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007508:Irritable Mood; D008580:Meningism / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012894:Sleep Stages; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous