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KMID : 1146020110040010016
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Journal of Critical Spine Cases
2011 Volume.4 No. 1 p.16 ~ p.19
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome Mis-Diagnosed as Spinal Stenosis
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Chung Ewy-Ryong
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Abstract
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The author is reporting a patient with Guillain-Barre syndrome who was mis-diagnosed as spinal stenosis, resulted in unnecessary surgical decompression. Guillain-Barre syndrome is an acute, frequently severe, and fulminant polyradiculoneuropathy that is autoimmune in nature. Guillain-Barre syndrome manifests as rapidly evolving areflexic motor paralysis with or without sensory disturbance. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical picture of mis-diagnosed Guillain-Barre syndrome and to illustrate the importance of determining exact cause of neurologic deficit in case of the patient with vague, nonlocalizing leg pain.
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KEYWORD
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Guillain-Barre syndrome, Spinal stenosis, Ascending paralysis
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