[Recurrent acute polyneuropathy and cutaneous vasculitis]

G Garrigues; M Charif; D Milhaud; J M Blard; M Pagès

[Recurrent acute polyneuropathy and cutaneous vasculitis]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2002 Nov;158(11):1107-9.

[Article in French]

Authors

G Garrigues¹, M Charif, D Milhaud, J M Blard, M Pagès

Affiliation

¹ Service de Neurologie A, CHU Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France.

PMID: 12451344

Abstract

A patient with relapsing cutaneous vasculitis presented 3 times in 10 years with an acute extensive neuropathy and respiratory failure which fully recovered. The relationships between Guillain-Barré syndrome and vasculitis are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / complications*
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / drug therapy
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / physiopathology
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Ophthalmoplegia / etiology
Peripheral Nerves / physiopathology
Quadriplegia / etiology
Recurrence
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / complications*
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / drug therapy
Voice Disorders / etiology

Substances

Immunoglobulins, Intravenous