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Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A
A 32-year-old man was transferred to an intensive care unit due to respiratory difficulties with a 4-day history of progressive areflexic quadriparesis following acute hepatitis A. A nerve-conduction study revealed inexcitability of most nerves. The cerebrospinal fluid showed albuminocytologic disso...
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Korean Neurological Association
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19513301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2007.3.2.105 |
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author | Kang, Bong-Hui Kim, Kwang-kuk |
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description | A 32-year-old man was transferred to an intensive care unit due to respiratory difficulties with a 4-day history of progressive areflexic quadriparesis following acute hepatitis A. A nerve-conduction study revealed inexcitability of most nerves. The cerebrospinal fluid showed albuminocytologic dissociation, suggesting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient appeared brain dead on day 4, showing absent brainstem reflexes, respiratory failure, and fully dilated and fixed pupils. This case is an example of how GBS can evolve and simulate a brain-dead state from fulminant deafferentation following acute hepatitis A. |
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spelling | pubmed-26868622009-06-09 Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A Kang, Bong-Hui Kim, Kwang-kuk J Clin Neurol Case Report A 32-year-old man was transferred to an intensive care unit due to respiratory difficulties with a 4-day history of progressive areflexic quadriparesis following acute hepatitis A. A nerve-conduction study revealed inexcitability of most nerves. The cerebrospinal fluid showed albuminocytologic dissociation, suggesting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient appeared brain dead on day 4, showing absent brainstem reflexes, respiratory failure, and fully dilated and fixed pupils. This case is an example of how GBS can evolve and simulate a brain-dead state from fulminant deafferentation following acute hepatitis A. Korean Neurological Association 2007-06 2007-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2686862/ /pubmed/19513301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2007.3.2.105 Text en Copyright © 2007 Korean Neurological Association |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kang, Bong-Hui Kim, Kwang-kuk Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A |
title | Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A |
title_full | Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A |
title_fullStr | Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A |
title_full_unstemmed | Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A |
title_short | Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Mimicking Cerebral Death Following Acute Viral Hepatitis A |
title_sort | fulminant guillain-barré syndrome mimicking cerebral death following acute viral hepatitis a |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19513301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2007.3.2.105 |
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