J Korean Neurol Assoc.
2005 Jun;23(3):415-417.
A Case of Regional Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome
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- 1Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. sslee@chungbuk.ac.kr
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- Neurologists are occasionally confronted with patients who have unique symptoms of bilateral but regional weaknesses that do not conform to the typical case with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Acute facial diplegia is a very uncommon neurologic manifestation that can be the presenting symptom in a wide range of diseases. We describe a 32-year-old male patient with acute facial diplegia and distal limb paresthesias without diminished reflexes. His neurophysiologic studies, CSF albuminocytologic dissociation and the clinical course are in keeping with a regional variant of GBS. The absence of hyporeflexia does not necessarily exclude the diagnosis of a GBS variant.
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