Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Posterior Spinal Root Involvement: A Case Report
Nevin Kuloğlu Pazarcı1, Münevver Ece Güven1, Dilek Necioğlu Örken1
1Department of Neurology, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Sisli Etfal Hastanesi Tip Bulteni
|June 30, 2020
Abstract:
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy of the peripheral nervous system. Involvement of the dorsal root ganglia and the medulla spinalis in GBS is rare, especially in an axonal form. Herein, we report the case of a 53-year-old woman with classic GBS and involvement of the T8-L1 dorsal root segments. Dorsal root and spinal involvement should be kept in mind in all types of GBS when patients present with segmental or dermatomal sensory impairment.
