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...

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), other than paralytic poliomyelitis, are usually due to demyelination like Guillian Barre syndrome (GBS), transverse myelitis and traumatic neuritis. Poliomyelitis like illness, Hopkins syndrome or Post Asthmatic Amotrophy, associated with bronchial asthma and hyperIgEemia has been reported in literature. We present a two and a half year old child who developed AFP...

INTRODUCTION We present a case of an unusual clinical manifestation of Guillain-Barre syndrome following a pre-existing herpes virus infection. Although there have been several reports describing the co-existence of herpes virus infection and Guillain-Barre syndrome, we undertook a more in-depth study of the cross-reactivity between herpes viruses and recommend a follow-up study based on serolo...