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| Year : 2020 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 2 | Page : 105-107 |
Multiple cerebral hemorrhages during the course of Guillain–Barre syndrome: A case report
Sedat ISIKAY1, Akif SIRIKCI2
1 Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Turkey; Department of Pediatric Neurology, Medical Park Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey, Turkey
2 Department of Radiology, Medical Park Hospital, Gaziantep,Turkey, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sedat ISIKAY
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Medical Park Hospital, 52063 Street, Şehitkamil, Gaziantep.
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_143_18
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyneuropathy. In this report, we present a 3-year-old girl diagnosed with cortical and subcortical hemorrhage during the course of GBS who was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin. To the best of our knowledge, central nervous system hemorrhage during the course of GBS is an extremely rare condition. We believe that all clinicians following patients with GBS or using intravenous immunoglobulin for any indications should be aware of this rare but potentially life-threatening condition.
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