Numbness on the Medical Take: An Atypical Presentation of Guillain‐Barre Syndrome With Unilateral Paraesthesia and Rapid Progression to Bulbar Palsy: A Case Report

Abstract

ABSTRACT Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS) is characterized classically by progressive and symmetrical motor weakness and areflexia. We describe a case of GBS with initially preserved reflexes and power, leading to delayed diagnosis, who latterly required urgent ventilator support and plasmapharesis to highlight the importance of considering atypical presentations of this common condition.

Keywords

• atypical neurology
• bulbar palsy
• Guillain‐Barré syndrome
• numbness
• paraesthesia