Guillain-Barré syndrome presenting with COVID-19 infection

BMJ Case Reports - Tập 13 Số 9 - Trang e236978 - 2020
Nasir Ameer1, Kalyan Mansukhbhai Shekhda1, Ann Cheesman2
1Medicine, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK
2Neurology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK

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A construction worker in his 30s presented three times in 4 days with progressive upper and then lower limb weakness. On the first two occasions he had no systemic symptoms, but on the third presentation he had fever and cough, starting from day 4 of weakness. Examination identified weakness in all four limbs and areflexia, suggesting a peripheral neuromuscular disorder. Investigations were consistent with Guillain-Barré syndrome and additional COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The patient improved after immunoglobulin treatment. At least four cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome have been reported in the literature with concurrent COVID-19 illness in whom respiratory signs appeared a few days after the onset of neurological signs. With the incubation period for COVID-19 respiratory symptoms believed to be up to 14 days, it is possible that neurological symptoms could develop before respiratory and other symptoms. During the current pandemic, presence of concurrent COVID-19 infection needs to be considered in patients presenting with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

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