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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  4, Issue 3, Jul-Sep 2018, Pages 225-227
 

Case Report

A Rare Variable Presentation of Paediatric GullainBarre Syndrome: A Case of Acute Flaccid Paralysis

Gurjit Kaur, Kishalay Datta

1MEM Resident 2Associate Director and HOD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi 110088, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4318.21

Abstract

A 2.6 years old boy previously healthy presented with h/o mild fever and generalized weakness 10 days back following which he became irritable and lethargic and lower limb weakness for 3 days. Plain MRI brain was normal but the CSF study showed albumino-cytologic dissociation and Nerve conduction study showed absence of ‘f ’ waves. He was started on IV Human Immunoglobulin (IV Ig) after which he improved and was discharged in stable condition.


Keywords : Gullain-Barre Syndrome; Acute Flaccid Paralysis; Autoimmune Disorder; Iv Human Immunoglobulin; India.
Corresponding Author : Gurjit Kaur, MEM Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi 110088, India.