Bilateral peripheral Facial Diplegia as a debut of Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Abstract

Introduction: Guillain-Barré syndrome, is an autoimmune polirradiculoneuropatia, with different forms of presentation in daily practice, the characteristic clinical framework consists of an acute ascending paralysis usually in lower extremities, in Occasions includes many atypical manifestations that hinder their diagnosis and the early introduction of treatment.

Objectives: To describe a clinical case of atypical presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Material and methods: Retrospective descriptive study, clinical case presentation.

Results: It presents the case of an atypical variant of the syndrome, whose initial manifestations were a bilateral facial paralysis, studies were carried out that allowed excluding other entities and corroborate the diagnosis posed, began treatment with Intravenous immunoglobulin, presented the patient clinical improvement notorious, allowing to graduate without complications.

Conclusions: The importance of early identification of atypical forms of the disease, such as: bilateral peripheral facial paralysis, and the verification of presumptive diagnosis, should be recognized to corroborate medical thinking, that the patient may To receive the appropriate therapy, with a view to reduce the complications, to reduce the mortality and the sequelae of Guillain Barré syndrome.