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Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Resection of Lung Cancer  

Hyung-Ho Choi (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital)
Bo-Young Kim (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sangmoo Hospital)
Bong-Suk Oh (Chonnam National University, College of Medicine: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
Hong-Joo Seo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital)
Young-Hyuk Lim (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital)
Jeong-Jung Kim (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.35, no.11, 2002 , pp. 835-838 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 68-year-old man with Guillain-Barre syndrome after the resection of right upper lobe for squamous cell lung cancer is presented. He developed a sudden, symmetric, extremity weakness, respiratory insufficiency, and sensory ataxia on postoperative day 6. He was intubated emergently and placed on a ventilator. Electrodiagnostic studies were performed on days 2, 20, and 40 following the onset of weakness. Motor nerve conduction abnormalities were the predominant findings. Prolonged motor distal latencies, temporal dispersion, and partial motor conduction blocks were present and formed the diagnostic features of Guillain-Barre syndrome. With supportive care and additive use of intravenous immunoglobulin, the illness resolved 6 weeks later after the onset of weakness.
Keywords
Guillain-Barre syndrome; Squamous cell lung cancer; Intravenous immunoglobulin;
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