Abstract

CARREGAL, María Sol et al. Guillain-Barre Syndrome axonal variant in pediatrics: case report. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.1, pp.24-26.  Epub May 06, 2021. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022358.

Guillain-Barre syndrome is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy characterized by progressive symmetric weakness of distal onset associated with areflexia and mild sensory symptoms. The AMAN variant is a rare entity in Latin America. The case of a 6-year-old male patient, previously healthy, with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, axonal variant, secondary to upper airway symptoms, is reported. The importance of the report lies in informing the pediatrician and other health professionals about the existence of this entity and thus increasing the diagnostic suspicion considering its low incidence. We also highlight the possibility of finding variability in the typical clinical forms of presentation, as was the case presented, since it is a subtype of the disease that is classically characterized as severe and with torpid evolution. It is also associated with frequent sequelae.

Keywords : acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy; acute autoimmune neuropathy; acute infectious polyneuritis; Guillain-Barré Syndrome; pediatrics (MeSH).

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