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Asymmetric pharyngeal-cervical-brachial weakness associated with anti-GT1a IgG antibody
Y Osaki1, M Koga, K Matsubayashi
1Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan. yosaki@kochi-ms.ac.jp
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
|September 13, 2002
Abstract:
We report a case of markedly asymmetric pharyngeal-cervical-brachial weakness. Acute progression of symptoms, albuminocytologic dissociation in cerebrospinal fluid, electrophysiologic evidence of demyelination and elevation of IgG anti-GT1 a antibody titer paralleled the clinical course, support the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Guillain-Barré syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cranial neuropathy, even in cases where there is marked asymmetry.