Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture

Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a challenging pathology which diagnosis is based essentially on the clinical examination and the results of lumbar puncture. Differential diagnosis must be discussed if the clinical picture is not complete. We present the case of a patient who presented to the emerge...

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Autores principales: Belkouch, Ahmed, Mouhsine, Abdelilah, Sirbou, Rachid, Zidouh, Saad, Bakkali, Taoufik, El Fikri, Abdelghani, Belyamani, Lahcen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25922637
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.348.5783
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author Belkouch, Ahmed
Mouhsine, Abdelilah
Sirbou, Rachid
Zidouh, Saad
Bakkali, Taoufik
El Fikri, Abdelghani
Belyamani, Lahcen
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Mouhsine, Abdelilah
Sirbou, Rachid
Zidouh, Saad
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description Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a challenging pathology which diagnosis is based essentially on the clinical examination and the results of lumbar puncture. Differential diagnosis must be discussed if the clinical picture is not complete. We present the case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with symptoms evoking both GBS and spinal cord compression. The Radiology showed a diffused spinal hydatidosis. The lumbar puncture must be carefully considered. In this case, it would have exposed the patient to hydatid dissemination.
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spelling pubmed-44063862015-04-28 Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture Belkouch, Ahmed Mouhsine, Abdelilah Sirbou, Rachid Zidouh, Saad Bakkali, Taoufik El Fikri, Abdelghani Belyamani, Lahcen Pan Afr Med J Case Report Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a challenging pathology which diagnosis is based essentially on the clinical examination and the results of lumbar puncture. Differential diagnosis must be discussed if the clinical picture is not complete. We present the case of a patient who presented to the emergency department with symptoms evoking both GBS and spinal cord compression. The Radiology showed a diffused spinal hydatidosis. The lumbar puncture must be carefully considered. In this case, it would have exposed the patient to hydatid dissemination. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4406386/ /pubmed/25922637 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.348.5783 Text en © Ahmed Belkouch et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Belkouch, Ahmed
Mouhsine, Abdelilah
Sirbou, Rachid
Zidouh, Saad
Bakkali, Taoufik
El Fikri, Abdelghani
Belyamani, Lahcen
Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
title Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
title_full Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
title_fullStr Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
title_full_unstemmed Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
title_short Spinal hydatidosis mimicking Guillain Barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
title_sort spinal hydatidosis mimicking guillain barre syndrome: in case of doubt there is no rush to perform lumbar puncture
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25922637
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.348.5783
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