title: Guillain-Barré syndrome as an atypical manifestation of an esophageal carcinoma.
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy normally associated with a preceding infection, but sometimes it can be linked to a subjacent malignancy. We report an unusual case of GBS occurring as the first clinical manifestation of an esophageal adenocarcinoma in a 65-year-old patient. A GBS neuropathy of undetermined origin may be associated with an underlying tumor and esophageal cancer has to be considered in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland. thomaszilli@inwind.it
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zilli
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Allal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male