title: [Diabetes ketoacidosis associated with Guillan-Barré syndrome].
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a disorder caused by exaggerated immune response to infectious process. Diabetes Melito (DM) is not recognized as one cause of this inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy with just a few cases of this association been described in the literature so far. We report here the case of a 44 years-old female patient admitted with a history of polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, asthenia, hyperglycemia (562 mg/dL) and ketoacidosis without any infectious focus. The patient progressed with poliradiculopathy, respiratory insufficiency and liquoric alteration completing the picture of Guillain-Barré syndrome. The patient fully recovered from the neurologic deficit and then stopped with insulin therapy.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. thiagobn5@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Thiago Bechara
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Noviello
authors.forename: Teresa Cristina B
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Noviello
authors.forename: Saulo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purisch
authors.forename: Rodrigo Nunes
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Lamounier
authors.forename: Janice Sepúlveda
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Patrícia A F da Cunha
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Maria Regina
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Calsolari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans