Autor(es): Kerdoncuff V, Sauleau P, Petrilli S, Duruflé A, Ben Beroukh K, Brissot R, Gallien P

Resumo: Heterotopic ossification are frequent in central nervous disease, on the opposite just a few cases have been described in peripheral disorders. To describe three cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome complicated by heterotopic ossification. From the detailed case reports and a review of the literature. The authors report three cases of heterotopic ossification in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Each of them had serious symptom and had to go in intensive care. Two of them had encephalopathy. A patient had compression of ulnar nerve as complication of heterotopic ossification. In all cases the consequence of the heterotopic ossifications lead to a great functional handicap. Heterotopic ossification is a frequent complication in central neurologic lesions such spinal cord injury or brain injury. Just a few cases following peripheral nerve disorders have been reported. Serious neurologic deficit and encephalopathy may influence the apparition of heterotopic ossifications in patients suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome. This possibility of complication must be known by the clinicians who should have a special attention to such patients.

Palavras-Chave: Heterotopic ossification; Guillain-Barré syndrome; Polyradiculonevritis

Imprenta: Annales de Re?adaptation et de Me?decine Physique, v. 45, n. 5, p. 198-203, 2002

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1016/S0168-6054(02)00203-9

Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cytopathology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis

Data de publicação: 2002

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