guillain-barré syndrome as first presentation of non-hodgkin's lymphoma

Guillain-Barré Syndrome as First Presentation of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

We present a woman referred with underlying non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) masquerading clinically with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) like syndrome. At first evaluation, chest CT-Scan along with brain and whole spine MRI were normal. Electrodiagnostic studies were in favor of acute generalized polyradiculoneuropathy. Laboratory evaluation revealed hypoglycorrhachia. She treated with plasmapheresi...

Skin rash as early presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

We report an unusual case of Guillain-Barre syndrome in a 36-year old gentleman, diagnosed based on clinical presentation, CSF analysis and nerve study tests findings, who presented to our department for elective cystoscopy and discovered at the day of surgery to have macular skin rash over the trunk and upper limbs, surgery was postponed. Then and after 12 hours he started to develop the class...

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Guillain-Barré syndrome: a rare association.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a neoplastic transformation of cells that reside predominantly within lymphoid tissues, which may be of Bor T-cell origin. There is a slight male-to-female predominance and a higher incidence in whites than blacks. Incidence rises steadily with age, especially after 40 years. Extranodal lymphomas usually present as a mass, and sometimes as a fever of unknown origin...

Characteristics of Guillain-Barré syndrome: brief report

Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune inflammatory disease, which manifests itself as an acute motor weakness of the organs, diagnosed as affecting the motor spinal nerve roots generally and causing muscle and motor weakness, the cause of this disease is the presence of active antibodies against the myelin sheath around the spinal nerve roots. Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most ...

bilateral ptosis as the first presentation of guillain-barre syndrome

how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, talebian m. bilateral ptosis as the first presentation of guillain-barre syndrome. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):70-72. abstract objective guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is the most common cause of acute weakness in children. it has multiple variant forms with different presentations. a rare initial sign is ptosis. in this study, we pres...

Hyperextension of spine: unusual presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome.