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Case Reports
. 2022 Spring;16(2):155-159.
doi: 10.22037/ijcn.v15i3.30815. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Deterioration After an Abdominal Surgery

Nahid Khosroshahi  1 , Mojdeh Habibi Zoham  2 , Simin Khayatzadeh Kakhki  1
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome Deterioration After an Abdominal Surgery

Nahid Khosroshahi et al. Iran J Child Neurol. 2022 Spring.

Abstract

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute ascending paralysis accompanied by autonomic symptoms like abdominal pain. Here, we presented a 13-year-old boy suffering from lower extremities pain and sensory disturbances with a presumptive diagnosis of GBS who experienced severe disease progression after receiving general anesthesia due to an appendectomy. Whether the progression was due to the natural history of GBS, immunosuppression induced by surgical stress, or usage of anesthetic medications remained unclear.

Keywords: Guillain-Barre syndrome; acute abdomen; anesthesia; progression.

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