Autor(es)Rosenlicht N.; Lee K.

ResumoTo the Editor: Guillain-Barré syndrome, or acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, is generally regarded as predominantly a motor neuropathy. However, sensory disturbances such as paresthesias occur frequently, and outright pain occurs in up to 72% of the cases. Less widely appreciated is the occurrence of more pronounced perceptual disturbances and even outright hallucinatory experiences in this disorder. A review of the more recent medical literature uncovered only two descriptions of hallucinatory phenomena in Guillain-Barré syndrome (i.e., reference 1), and none in the English-language literature. We report a case of bizarre hallucinatory experiences in a man with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome.

ImprentaThe American Journal of Psychiatry, v. 157, n. 12, p. 2056-2057, 2000

DescritoresGuillain-Barre Syndrome - Epidemiology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Public health

Data de Publicação:2000