Sensory Guillain-Barré syndrome and related disorders: an attempt at systematization
Autor(es): Uncini Antonino,Yuki Nobuhiro
Resumo: The possibility that some patients diagnosed with an acute sensory neuropathy could actually have Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has been repeatedly advanced in the literature, but the number of cases reported is small. The reports have shown different clinical presentations and electrophysiological findings and are variously named, thus generating terminological and nosological confusion. We operatively defined sensory GBS as an acute, monophasic, widespread neuropathy characterized clinically by exclusive sensory symptoms and signs that reach their nadir in a maximum of 6 weeks without related systemic disorders and other diseases or conditions. We reviewed the literature through searches of PubMed from 1980 to March 2011 and our own files. On the basis of the size of fibers involved and the possible site of primary damage, we propose tentatively classifying sensory GBS and related disorders into three subtypes: acute sensory demyelinating polyneuropathy; acute sensory large-fiber axonopathy-ganglionopathy; and acute sensory small-fiber neuropathy-ganglionopathy.
Palavras-Chave: Ataxic Guillain-Barre syndrome; Acute sensory ataxic neuropathy; Acute small-fiber sensory neuropathy; Guillain-Barre syndrome; sensory Guillain-Barre syndrome
Imprenta: Muscle & Nerve, v. 45, n. 4, p . 464-470, 2012
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1002/mus.22298
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cell ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cytopathology
Data de publicação: 2012
