Introduction. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is generally related to perip heral nervous system involvement, but certain variants with central nervous syst em manifestations have been described. Case report. In th...Introduction. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is generally related to perip heral nervous system involvement, but certain variants with central nervous syst em manifestations have been described. Case report. In the present study we repo rt 2 patients with GBS associated with hallucinations and onirism. Two men (age 64 and 49 years) presented GBS without proven infectious origin who required int ensive care because of respiratory problems. The disease progressed and manifest ations of encephalitis (hallucinations and onirism) appeared. The sensorimotor s igns and encephalitis manifestations evolved in parallel with full recovery in t he first patient and death after 11 months of intensive care in the second. Conc lusion. GBS may be associated with stereotypic central nervous system symptoms, mimicking delirium tremens. The manifestations would be related to the severity of the initial period, but not to long-term prognosis.展开更多
文摘Introduction. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is generally related to perip heral nervous system involvement, but certain variants with central nervous syst em manifestations have been described. Case report. In the present study we repo rt 2 patients with GBS associated with hallucinations and onirism. Two men (age 64 and 49 years) presented GBS without proven infectious origin who required int ensive care because of respiratory problems. The disease progressed and manifest ations of encephalitis (hallucinations and onirism) appeared. The sensorimotor s igns and encephalitis manifestations evolved in parallel with full recovery in t he first patient and death after 11 months of intensive care in the second. Conc lusion. GBS may be associated with stereotypic central nervous system symptoms, mimicking delirium tremens. The manifestations would be related to the severity of the initial period, but not to long-term prognosis.
