HIV infection presenting with motor axonal variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Autor(es): Wagner Jeffrey C.; Bromberg Mark B.
Resumo: We present a case of acute motor axonal neuropathy in a patient with previously unrecognized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A 46-year-old male graduate student from Mali, Africa presented with a 3-week history of progressive weakness that began during a visit home from Utah. The symptoms stabilized by 6 weeks and gradually improved without treatment. Electrodiagnostic studies revealed widespread fibrillation potentials and positive sharp waves with normal sensory amplitudes and no demyelinating features. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and elevated protein prompted a test for HIV infection, which returned positive. To our knowledge, this is the first case of acute motor axonal neuropathy in HIV outside of a seroconversion reaction.
Imprenta: Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, v. 9, n. 2, p. 303-305, 2007
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1097/CND.0b013e31815afaac
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Viral infections ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Virus
Data de publicação: 2007
