Gullian Barre Syndrome- Current Concepts

Gullian-Barre Syndrome with Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy. A Rare Entity

Bilateral facial nerve paralysis, as compared to unilateral palsyis an extremely rare presentation with serious aetiologies including post infectious like in Guillain-Barre syndrome, infectious including Lyme disease, Infectious Mononucleosis, autoimmune, malignancy (leukaemia) and traumas. We present a rare case of bilateral facial paralysis due to Guillain-Barré syndrome which was successfull...

Burning mouth syndrome: Current concepts

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic pain condition. It has been described by the International Headache Society as "an intra-oral burning or dysesthetic sensation, recurring daily for more than 2 h/day for more than 3 months, without clinically evident causative lesions." BMS is frequently seen in women in the peri-menopausal and menopausal age group in an average female/male ratio of 7:1...

Current Concepts of Lymphomas

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The Guillain-Barre' syndrome.

Guillain-barre Syndrome

A case report is presented of a 33-year-old woman who awoke with distal paresthesias, mild incoordination, and progressive weakness. Examination 3 days later demonstrated weakness of the extremities, which was greater in distal muscles than in proximal ones! mild facial weakness, distal vibratory loss, and areflexia. Electrodiagnostic studies provided evidence of an acquired demyelinating polyr...