Guillain-Barre syndrome AMSAN variant in a 90-year-old woman after COVID-19: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an inflammatory disease of the peripheral nervous system characterized by rapidly evolving polyneuropathy caused by autoimmune demyelination and/or axonal degeneration. Since SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, several GBS cases following exposure to coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) have been reported in literature, raising the concern of the latter being a potential trigger event for GBS.

Case presentation

We report the case of a 90-year-old Caucasian woman who was admitted to our hospital because of fatigue, worsening gait and leg strength, dysphonia, dysarthria and dysphagia, started 3 weeks after being exposed to COVID-19. Based on clinical presentation GBS was suspected, so she performed a lumbar puncture and electromyography, which confi

SUBMITTER: Sidoli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975860 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature