[Pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome]. / Variante faringo-cérvico-braquial del síndrome de Guillain-Barré
Medicina (B Aires)
; 74(6): 474-5, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-25555009
Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Infrequent loco-regional variants, like the pharyngeal-cervical-brachial, have been described. We report the case of a 63-year-old male admitted to the emergency department with cervical and upper limb weakness, inability to swallow and chew, he also presented a rapidly progressive acute respiratory failure due to weakness of the respiratory muscles secondary to the pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. This variant, although unusual, presents a well-defined clinical pattern and diagnostic criteria, which is important in order to start an early treatment to improve the prognosis, not always favorable, to these patients.
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Assunto principal:
Insuficiência Respiratória
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Doenças Faríngeas
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Debilidade Muscular
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Síndrome de Guillain-Barré
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Es
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Medicina (B Aires)
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article
País de publicação:
Argentina