title: A rare case of Guillain-Barré syndrome presenting with abdominal pain.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a heterogeneous condition that encompasses acute immune-mediated polyneuropathies. GBS is the most frequent cause of acute neuromuscular paralysis worldwide and constitutes one of the most serious emergencies in neurology. Description of case: As it presents extremely rarely with the first symptom being abdominal pain, herein we report the case of a 48-year-old man who presented with acute abdominal pain and diagnosed with GBS. The patient required mechanical ventilation for two weeks and was discharged one month later, after having had a tracheostomy and developed tetraplegia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GBS should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain when other medical or surgical causes have been excluded. Hippokratia 2015; 19 (4): 374-375.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Kalamata, Kalamata, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Panarkadiko General Hospital of Tripolis, Tripoli, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nikolopoulou
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Kalamata, Kalamata, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varytimiadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Kalamata, Kalamata, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xydia
keywords: Guillain-Barré; abdominal pain; mechanical ventilation