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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 90-91 |
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Guillain-Barré syndrome in pregnancy: An unusual case
Mir Sadaqat Hassan Zafar, M Mubarik Naqash, Tariq A Bhat, GM Malik
Department of Internal Medicine, SKIMS Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Mir Sadaqat Hassan Zafar
Department of Hematology, Room No. 3, First Floor, SSRB, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.109965
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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is rare in pregnancy with an estimated incidence between 1.2 and 1.9 cases per 100,000 people annually, and it carries a high maternal risk. We report a 29-year-old primigravida who had pain and progressive heaviness of both lower limbs in her third trimester of pregnancy. The attending gynecologist ascribed these symptoms to ongoing pregnancy. The intrapartum period (lower segment caesarian section) passed uneventfully. On third postpartum day, the patient developed weakness of all the four limbs. A detailed history and physical examination pointed toward GBS although there was no antecedent infective episode. Subsequent nerve conduction velocity studies and cerebrospinal fluid analysis confirmed GBS. All other investigations including electrolytes were normal. The patient improved without the introduction of immunomodulating therapy. |
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