Marzo 2018 - Volume XXXVII - numero 3
Pagine elettroniche
1Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
2Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Messina
3IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
4UOC di Oculistica, Ospedale di Conegliano (Treviso)
5Università di Trieste
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Key words: Dysarthria, Acute ophtalmoplegia, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Miller Fischer syndrome, Anti-GQ1b IgG antibody
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) may follow infections such as Campylobacter jejuni, cytomegalovirus and Haemophilus influenzae infections. The paper describes two familiar cases of polyneuritis cranialis, an oculopharyngeal subtype of GBS, which appeared after β-haemolytic Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection. The diagnosis of a variant form of GBS has been made on the basis of clinical features, albumino-cytological dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid and the response to high-dose IVIg therapy.
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