title: [Facial diplegia with atypical paresthesia. A variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome].
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute demyelinating disease which presents in a classic form with muscular weakness and the lack of reflexes. There are multiple variations and atypical forms of the disease, being facial diplegia with paresthesia one of them. Also, the absence of reflexes in this syndrome is typical but not constant, since 10% of patients present reflexes. We describe a case of atypical presentation with bilateral facial palsy, paresthesia, brisk reflexes and weakness in the lower limbs in a 33 year old woman.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Clínica Médica, Federación Círculo Católico de Obreros, Sanatorio San José, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: agustindalverme@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dal Verme
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Margan
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pagnini
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dellepiane
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peralta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Guillain-Barré syndrome; facial diplegia; hyperreflexia