Korean J Spine.  2017 Sep;14(3):121-123. 10.14245/kjs.2017.14.3.121.

Posttraumatic Guillain-Barré Syndrome Immediately Following a Traffic Accident

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  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea. heoryong83@hanmail.net

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy characterized by areflexic paralysis. Most cases of GBS are preceded by an infection, however, posttraumatic GBS has also recently been reported. We report a case of posttraumatic GBS immediately following a traffic accident. We think this case is of clinical significance for practitioners because of the rare cause of a sudden flaccid paralysis following trauma.

Keyword

Posttraumatic GBS; Guillain-Barré syndrome; Trauma

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Guillain-Barre Syndrome*
Paralysis
Polyneuropathies
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