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Case Reports
. 2011 Feb;32(1):151-3.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-010-0363-9. Epub 2010 Jul 17.

Guillain-Barré syndrome as an atypical manifestation of an esophageal carcinoma

T Zilli  1 , A S Allal
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Guillain-Barré syndrome as an atypical manifestation of an esophageal carcinoma

T Zilli et al. Neurol Sci. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy normally associated with a preceding infection, but sometimes it can be linked to a subjacent malignancy. We report an unusual case of GBS occurring as the first clinical manifestation of an esophageal adenocarcinoma in a 65-year-old patient. A GBS neuropathy of undetermined origin may be associated with an underlying tumor and esophageal cancer has to be considered in the differential diagnosis.

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