Guillain Barré syndrome variant with facial diplegia and paresthesias: A case report and review of the literature

Volume: 54 Number: 2 June 1, 2015
  • Çetin Kürşad Akpınar
  • Hakan Doğru
  • Ayşe Oytun Bayrak
  • Hüseyin Alparslan Şahin
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Guillain Barré syndrome variant with facial diplegia and paresthesias: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) is a disorder characterized by areflexia and progressive ascending lower extremity weakness. Bilateral peripheral facial diplegia and paresthesia is a rare GBS variant in which the preceding infection, auto-antibody positivity and treatment models are still unclear. In this rare variant, no case with an etiology of varicella infection has been reported yet. Here, we report a case with facial diplegia and parestesia secondary to varicella infection and discuss clinical, electrophysiological and laboratory findings, and review the literature focusing on the latest reports on this disease.

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Çetin Kürşad Akpınar

Hakan Doğru

Ayşe Oytun Bayrak

Hüseyin Alparslan Şahin

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June 1, 2015

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June 1, 2015

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Year 1970 Volume: 54 Number: 2

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1.Çetin Kürşad Akpınar, Hakan Doğru, Ayşe Oytun Bayrak, Hüseyin Alparslan Şahin. Guillain Barré sendromu varyantı fasiyal dipleji ve parestezi: Olgu sunumu ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi. EJM. 2015 Jun. 1;54(2):83-5. doi:10.19161/etd.344117

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