Vasculitic neuropathy mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome

Arthritis Rheum. 1992 Aug;35(8):975-8. doi: 10.1002/art.1780350820.

Abstract

Vasculitic neuropathy classically manifests as a subacute mononeuritis multiplex or polyneuropathy. Patients with a Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)-like presentation are usually not considered to have an underlying vasculitis. We describe 2 patients with rapidly progressive areflexic paralysis that was initially diagnosed as GBS, in whom vasculitic neuropathy was found histologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy / diagnosis*
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy / pathology
  • Vasculitis / diagnosis*
  • Vasculitis / pathology