BMC Neurology (Apr 2024)

Guillain–Barre syndrome of acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) type associated with herpes zoster: a case report

  • Leonard Wanninayake,
  • Dilani Rajapaksha,
  • Narmada Nair,
  • Kamal Gunarathne,
  • Udaya Ranawaka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-03607-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) following Varicella zoster is a rare presentation and has only been reported in a few cases around the world. Of the reported cases, the type of GBS is not specified in the majority, and where specified is of the acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) type. We report a case of acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) type GBS following herpes zoster in a 27-year-old male who presented with bilateral lower limb weakness and left sided lower motor neuron type facial nerve palsy a week after herpes zoster infection.

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