Guillain-Barré syndrome and SIADH in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

نویسنده

  • D R Gutknecht
چکیده

Guillain-Barre syndrome, an acute or subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, usually causes ascending paralysis, areflexia, and sensory disturbances. l A similar syndrome, more chronic and sometimes relapsing, has been called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.2 Thought to have an immunologic cause, Guillain-Barre syndrome can be found in association with infections, vaccinations, and malignancies. The syndrome has been linked to carcinomas and to Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and both Guillain-Barre syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy have been seen with the chemotherapy and other interventions associated with bone marrow transplantation.3 Guillain-Barre syndrome has, however, only rarely been reported in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.4•s We report the occurrence of a painful, acute polyneuropathy, with features of Guillain-Barre syndrome and complicated by the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, which affected an elderly woman who underwent chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

دوره 11 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998