CASE REPORT
Year : 2010 | Volume
: 13 | Issue : 1 | Page : 67--68
Guillain-Barre syndrome following snake bite: An unusual complication
Abhishek Srivastava1, AB Taly2, Anupam Gupta3, Aumir Moin4, T Murali3
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai - 400 053, India
2 Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore - 560 029, India
3 Department of Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore - 560 029, India
4 Department of Neurology, Apollo Hospital, Mysore, India
Correspondence Address:
Abhishek Srivastava
Center for Rehabilitation, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Four Bungalows, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400 053
India
A 40-year-old man presented with a nonhealing wound on the left ankle for the last 5 weeks, a tingling sensation in both hands for 20 days, and weakness in all four limbs for 10 days. He had been bitten by a snake while working in a sugarcane field 6 weeks earlier and had received tetanus toxoid and anti-snake venom on the day of the bite. He had clinical, biochemical, and electrophysiological features of Guillain-Barré syndrome, with motor and sensory neuropathy-primarily suggestive of demyelination with secondary axonal degeneration. Recognition of this unusual complication following snake bite or use of anti-snake venom / tetanus toxoid has considerable epidemiological, therapeutic, and prognostic significance.
How to cite this article:
Srivastava A, Taly A B, Gupta A, Moin A, Murali T. Guillain-Barre syndrome following snake bite: An unusual complication.Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2010;13:67-68
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Srivastava A, Taly A B, Gupta A, Moin A, Murali T. Guillain-Barre syndrome following snake bite: An unusual complication. Ann Indian Acad Neurol [serial online] 2010 [cited 2013 May 23 ];13:67-68
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