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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-9 | Issue-12
COVID-19-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Report
Y Zouine, S Arharas, B. Boutakioute, M Ouali Idrissi, N Cherif Idrissi Guenouni
Published: Dec. 26, 2021 | 125 92
DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i12.021
Pages: 1199-1201
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Abstract
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy associated with numerous viral infections. Recently, there have been many case reports describing the association between coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and GBS [1]. In this report, we describe the symptoms of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in one infected patient with COVID-19, for the first time. We reported a 67-years- old male patient with no pathological history, complaints of acute progressive symmetric ascending quadriparesis. Two weeks prior to hospitalization, the patient suffered from fever and cough. After hospitalization a thoracic CT scan showed 10-25% of consolidation and ground glass opacities. RT-PCR was reported positive for COVID-19 infection. Electrodiagnostic tests five days after neurological symptom onset showed a demyelinating pattern in accordance with Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) criteria.