A Case of Acute Motor Axonal Guillain-Barre Syndrome combined with Acute Cervical-Upper Thoracic Transverse Myelitis

Lee, Dong Kuck

Ann Clin Neurophysiol > 2001 ;3(2) > Article

Ann Clin Neurophysiol. 2001; 3(2): 172-175.

Dong Kuck Lee

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ABSTRACT

Guillain-Barr?syndrome(GBS) is a common demyelination disease of the peripheral nervous system. But recently, the axonal types are also reported. Acute transverse myelitis(ATM) is also a common inflammatory disease of the spinal cord. Generally, it is difficult to identify the etiology of GBS and ATM. I guess the occurrence of the 2 disease at once is hard to take the plase. A 63-years-old woman showed an acute motor axonal GBS and a cervival-upper thoracic ATM occurring at the same time. she ws treated by intravenous immunoglobulin and solumedrol therapy. Her sensory symptoms were improved rapidly but motor symptoms showed only mild improvement.

Key words: Gillain-Barre syndrome, Acute transverse myelitis