Diagnosis of Acute Bulbar Palsy Plus Syndrome: A Rare Variant of Guillain–barre Syndrome
Stuti Sharma *
Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Neha Rajpal
Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Presenting case of a 11-year-old girl with sudden cranial nerve weakness, universal areflexia but without limb pain or weakness. NCV showed subclinical axonal involvement in limbs. A diagnosis of acute bulbar palsy plus–GBS was made and child was started on Iv Immunoglobulins which showed significant improvement. This report is for raising awareness about this variant of GBS.
Keywords: Guillain barre syndrome, viral infection, clinical presentation