Hyperreflexic Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Report

Abdul Muktadir Shafi; Saem Rahman

Author(s)

Abdul Muktadir Shafi MBBS, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital,Sylhet,Bangladesh

Saem Rahman MBBS, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital,Sylhet,Bangladesh

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acquired acute autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy. Progressive motor weakness and areflexia are considered two essential features to diagnose GBS. But sometimes in axonal variants of GBS, there have been several descriptions of hyperreflexia. Although not common in South Asia, there have been several reports of hyperreflexic GBS. A 12-year-old girl presented with progressive lower limb weakness and was diagnosed as a case of hyperreflexic GBS. GBS is a common disease in Bangladesh but there have been no reports of the hyperreflexic variety.

Publication Details

Page(s) 13-14

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Year: 2015

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Keywords

Hyperreflexia, Autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome

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