title: Acute motor-sensory axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome with unilateral facial nerve paralysis after rotavirus gastroenteritis in a 2-year-old boy.
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is well known as presenting with acute immune-mediated polyneuropathies, with strong associations with antecedent infections. Several variant forms of GBS have been described, including acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, acute motor axonal neuropathy, acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy, and sensory GBS. We present a rare case of 2-year-old boy with acute motor and sensory polyneuropathy and left-sided facial nerve paralysis after rotavirus infection. He received immunoglobulin i.v. with subsequent satisfactory recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, 810 Takabuku, Misono-cho, Ise, Mie, 516-0805, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamihiro
authors.forename: Masamune
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashigawa
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nashida
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maji
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous