Clinical Pain

Korean Association of Pain Medicine (대한임상통증학회)
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Neuropathic Pain in Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with Scrub Typhus

쯔쯔가무시병에 의한 길랑-바레 증후군의 신경병성 통증

  • Kang, Saerom (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Sook Jung (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Choi, Eunseok (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 강새롬 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 대전성모병원 재활의학교실) ;
  • 이숙정 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 대전성모병원 재활의학교실) ;
  • 최은석 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 대전성모병원 재활의학교실)
  • Received : 2018.12.30
  • Accepted : 2019.05.31
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is usually characterized by acute areflexic ascending paralysis with minimal sensory involvement. Only a few cases of GBS associated with scrub typhus have been reported. Previous case reports focused on the laboratory findings, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestation. Unlike the previous case, neuropathic pain was a prominent symptom of GBS in our case. We report scrub-typhus-related GBS with a detailed description of the clinical manifestations, especially neuropathic pain, along with results of serial follow-up electrodiagnostic studies.

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