GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME (GBS) WITH BILATERAL OPTIC NEURITIS AND CENTRAL WHITE MATTER DISEASE

Authors
NADKARNI N LISAK RP
Citation
N. Nadkarni et Rp. Lisak, GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME (GBS) WITH BILATERAL OPTIC NEURITIS AND CENTRAL WHITE MATTER DISEASE, Neurology, 43(4), 1993, pp. 842-843
Citations number
10
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
842 - 843
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1993)43:4<842:G(WBON>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A patient with acute Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), recovering followi ng plasmapheresis, developed bilateral optic neuritis with extensive C NS white matter lesions on MRI. This illness was associated with Mycop lasma pneumoniae infection. The rare association of GBS with CNS disea se raises a possibility of a shared pathogenic CNS and PNS epitope in these cases.