Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a 28-Year-Old Female with Antecedent COVID 19 Infection: A Case Report
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Various neurological manifestations have been observed throughout the SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in association with COVID-19 have been described. We submit a unique case of a previously healthy 28-year-old woman who presented with ascending weakness including facial diplegia, areflexia and respiratory compromise consistent with GBS Miller Fisher variant in the setting of recent COVID-19 infection one month prior to symptom onset.
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HIRST, Priscilla; FEDELES, Benjamin Tate; SCHLESINGER, Joseph J..
Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a 28-Year-Old Female with Antecedent COVID 19 Infection: A Case Report.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 9, sep. 2021.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2546>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v9i9.2546.
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8. Gupta A, Paliwal VK, Garg RK. Is COVID-19-related Guillain-Barré syndrome different?. Brain Behav Immun. 2020;87:177-178. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.051
9. Fisher M. An unusual variant of acute idiopathic polyneuritis (syndrome of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and areflexia). N Engl J Med. 1956;255(2):57-65. doi:10.1056/NEJM195607122550201
10. Willison HJ, Veitch J, Paterson G, Kennedy PG. Miller Fisher syndrome is associated with serum antibodies to GQ1b ganglioside. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1993;56(2):204-206. doi:10.1136/jnnp.56.2.204
11. Yuki N, Hartung HP. Guillain-Barré syndrome [published correction appears in N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 25;367(17):1673]. N Engl J Med. 2012;366(24):2294-2304. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1114525
12. Zhao H, Shen D, Zhou H, Liu J, Chen S. Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence?. Lancet Neurol. 2020;19(5):383-384. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30109-5
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16. Giannis D, Ziogas IA, Gianni P. Coagulation disorders in coronavirus infected patients: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV and lessons from the past. J Clin Virol. 2020;127:104362. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104362