Twelfth cranial nerve involvement in Guillian Barre syndrome

ABSTRACT Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS) is associated with cranial nerve involvement. Commonest cranial nerves involved were the facial and bulbar (IXth and Xth). Involvement of twelfth cranial nerve is rare in GBS. We present a case of GBS in a thirteen years old boy who developed severe tongue weak...

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Published inJournal of neurosciences in rural practice Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 338 - 340
Main Authors Nanda, Subrat Kumar, Jayalakshmi, Sita, Ruikar, Devashish, Surath, Mohandas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published A-12, Second Floor, Sector -2, NOIDA -201301, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd 01.07.2013
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Subjects
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Demyelinating diseases
Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Nerves, Cranial
Physiological aspects
Guillain Barre syndrome
twelfth cranial nerve
tongue weakness
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Summary:ABSTRACT Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS) is associated with cranial nerve involvement. Commonest cranial nerves involved were the facial and bulbar (IXth and Xth). Involvement of twelfth cranial nerve is rare in GBS. We present a case of GBS in a thirteen years old boy who developed severe tongue weakness and wasting at two weeks after the onset of GBS. The wasting and weakness of tongue improved at three months of follow up. Brief review of the literature about XIIth cranial nerve involvement in GBS is discussed.
ISSN:0976-3147
0976-3155
DOI:10.4103/0976-3147.118804