title: Pseudo-guillain-barre syndrome due to "whippet"-induced myeloneuropathy.
abstract: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is the rubric encompassing highly variable phenotypic subgroups of acute, postinfectious, immune-mediated peripheral neuropathy. The hallmark of GBS phenomenology is a rapidly progressive ascending lower extremity weakness. GBS taxonomy includes a motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN). Nitrous oxide (NO) abuse may create a pattern of neurological dysfunction almost identical to subacute combined degeneration. We report an adult with myeloneuropathy due to NO abuse that mimicked the presenting features of the GBS-subtype AMSAN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of South Florida School of Medicine (DDB), Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: William O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Tatum
authors.forename: Daniel D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: Edmund G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murtagh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology*