Polineuritis craneal como variante del Sindrome de Guillain-Barré: Reporte de caso

Cranial polyneuritis as a variant Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Case report

Resumen

Cranial polyneuritis is a variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, of unusual presentation, which occurs wuht simultaneous involvement of oculomotor and pharyngeal cranial nerves, without affectation of consciousness, ataxia or alteration in the extremities. It is usually preceded by an infectious condition. The presencie of autoantibodies directed against gangliosides has been reported in these patients and albumin-cytological dissoaciation has been observed in the cerebrospinal fluid. We present the case of a 29-year-old male patient, with rapidly progressive involvement of the cranial nerves III, IV, VI, VII, IX and X bilaterally, with albumin-cytological dissociation in cerebrospinal fluid. He received treatment with intravenous immunoglubulin, with a favolrable clinical evolution.