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DOI :10.5222/j.child.2014.028   IUP :10.5222/j.child.2014.028    Full Text (PDF)

Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric

Turgay ÇokyamanEmine TekinÖmer Faruk AydınHaydar Ali TaşdemirHamit Özyürek

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapidly progressive, symmetrical and ascending acute demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy which is characterized by progressive weakness and areflexia. Cranial neuropathy and autonomic symptoms may accompany the clinical picture. In this paper, a case with severe pain in the bilateral lower extremities and left lower limb proximal muscle weakness which is significantly more marked than the right side and urinary incontinence was presented. Electromyography (EMG) findings were evaluated in favour of acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) and the diagnosis was supported by cerebrospinal fluid analysis and magnetic resonance imaging. Two weeks after the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment clinical improvement was observed and the patient was included in physical therapy and rehabilitation program. GBS cases who present with asymmetric weakness have been rarely reported in the literature.

DOI :10.5222/j.child.2014.028   IUP :10.5222/j.child.2014.028    Full Text (PDF)

Anımsatma: Guillain-Barré Sendromunda Kuvvet Kaybı Asimetrik Olabilir

Turgay ÇokyamanEmine TekinÖmer Faruk AydınHaydar Ali TaşdemirHamit Özyürek

Guillain-Barré sendromu (GBS) hızlı progresyon gösteren, simetrik ve aşağıdan yukarı doğru ilerleyen güçsüzlük ve arefleksi ile karakterize olan akut, demiyelinizan, inflamatuvar bir polinöropatidir (1). Kraniyal nöropati ve otonomik semptomlar bu tabloya eşlik edebilir (2). Bu makalede, bilateral alt ekstremitelerde şiddetli ağrıları ve sol alt ekstremite proksimalinde kuvvet kaybı sağa göre daha belirgin olan ve idrar inkontinansı gelişen bir vaka sunulmuştur. Elektromiyografi bulguları akut motor duysal aksonal nöropati (AMSAN) lehine değerlendirilmiş ve beyin-omirlik sıvısı analizi ve spinal manyetik rezonans görüntüleme ile de tanı desteklenmiştir. İntravenöz immunglobulin (IVIG) tedavisinden iki hafta sonra klinik düzelme görülmüş ve fizik tedavi ve rehabilitasyon programına alınmıştır. Asimetrik kuvvet kaybı ile presente olan GBS vakaları literatürde ender olarak bildirilmektedir


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Çokyaman, T., , E., Aydın, Ö.F., Taşdemir, H.A., & Özyürek, H. (2014). Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric. Journal of Child, 14(1), 28-31. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028


AMA

Çokyaman T, E, Aydın Ö F, Taşdemir H A, Özyürek H. Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric. Journal of Child. 2014;14(1):28-31. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028


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Çokyaman, T.; , E.; Aydın, Ö.F.; Taşdemir, H.A.; Özyürek, H. Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric. Journal of Child, [Publisher Location], v. 14, n. 1, p. 28-31, 2014.


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Çokyaman, Turgay, and Emine Tekin and Ömer Faruk Aydın and Haydar Ali Taşdemir and Hamit Özyürek. 2014. “Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric.” Journal of Child 14, no. 1: 28-31. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028


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Çokyaman, Turgay, and Emine Tekin and Ömer Faruk Aydın and Haydar Ali Taşdemir and Hamit Özyürek. Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric.” Journal of Child 14, no. 1 (May. 2025): 28-31. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028


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Çokyaman, T & , E & Aydın, ÖF & Taşdemir, HA & Özyürek, H 2014, 'Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric', Journal of Child, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 28-31, viewed 1 May. 2025, https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028


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Çokyaman, T. and , E. and Aydın, Ö.F. and Taşdemir, H.A. and Özyürek, H. (2014) ‘Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric’, Journal of Child, 14(1), pp. 28-31. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028 (1 May. 2025).


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Çokyaman, Turgay, and Emine Tekin and Ömer Faruk Aydın and Haydar Ali Taşdemir and Hamit Özyürek. Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric.” Journal of Child, vol. 14, no. 1, 2014, pp. 28-31. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028


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Çokyaman T, E, Aydın ÖF, Taşdemir HA, Özyürek H. Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric. Journal of Child [Internet]. 1 May. 2025 [cited 1 May. 2025];14(1):28-31. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028 doi: 10.5222/j.child.2014.028


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Çokyaman, Turgay - , Emine Tekin - Aydın, ÖmerFaruk - Taşdemir, HaydarAli - Özyürek, Hamit. Reminder: Loss of Strength in Guillain-Barré Syndrome May Be Asymmetric”. Journal of Child 14/1 (May. 2025): 28-31. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2014.028



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