Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Online ISSN : 1349-8029
Print ISSN : 0470-8105
ISSN-L : 0470-8105
Case Report
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Guillain-Barré Syndrome after Head Injury: Case Report
Satoru YONEKURATakayuki ANNONobuyuki KOBAYASHI
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2018 Volume 58 Issue 10 Pages 453-458

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We report a case of head injury with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), followed by Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). A 74-year-old man was brought to our hospital after a fall. Computed tomography revealed intracranial hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral reversible intensities with features of vasogenic edema in parietooccipital areas, suggesting PRES. After admission, weakness and areflexia of extremities and respiratory muscles developed gradually, which favored a diagnosis of GBS. Common etiologies of PRES were absent. Concurrent occurrence of PRES and GBS is rare. Given that PRES can be an initial manifestation of GBS, GBS must be considered in head trauma patients with PRES.

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