Int J Family Med Prim Care | Volume 4, Issue 1 | Case Series | Open Access

Bicker Staff Brainstem Encephalitis and Miller Fisher Syndrome Variant of Guillain Barré Syndrome a Spectrum of Clinical Manifestation of Same Disease

Manish K1 and Anjali K2*

1Department of Medicine, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center, India 2Department of Microbiology, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center, India

*Correspondance to: Anjali Kulshrestha, 

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Abstract

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder. The most common presentation of which is acute onset motor predominant ascending paralysis leading to quadriparesis and sometimes respiratory failure needing mechanical ventilation [1]. Cranial nerves supplied muscles are usually spared except frequent involvement of VII cranial nerves (50%) [2,3]. The illness usually preceded by febrile infection involving upper respiratory or GI tract. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and its variants are para infectious (2/3 cases) neurological illness involving the lower motor neuron but they can also involve CNS. BBE and MFS are the 2 variants of GBS with central nervous system involvement [4,5]. The present case series highlights the variable presentation and laboratory findings in BBE and MFS, which may help clinicians in early recognition and timely management of the condition.

Keywords:

Guillain-Barré syndrome; Miller Fisher syndrome; CNS; BBE

Citation:

Manish K, Anjali K. Bicker Staff Brainstem Encephalitis and Miller Fisher Syndrome Variant of Guillain Barré Syndrome a Spectrum of Clinical Manifestation of Same Disease. Int J Fam Med Prim Care. 2023; 4(1): 1068..

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