%0 Journal Article
%T Guillain-Barr¨¦ syndrome after brachial plexus trauma: case report
%A Freitas
%A Marcos R.G. de
%A Nascimento
%A Osvaldo J.M.
%A Harouche
%A Maria Beatriz B.P.
%A Vasconcelos
%A Adolfo
%A Darroz Jr
%A Heloy
%A Escada
%A Tania Maria
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2006
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000600032
%X the guilllain-barr¨¦ syndrome (gbs) is an acute predominantly demyelinating polyneuropathy. in many cases gbs is preceding by infection, immunization, surgery or trauma. although there are a few reports of gbs after head trauma, there is no report of this syndrome after brachial plexus injury. we report on a 51 years-old man who presented gbs fifteen days after a brachial plexus trauma. the polineuropathy resolved completely in a few weeks. we believe that gbs was triggered by the trauma that evoked an immune mediated disorder producing inflammation and demyelination of the peripheral nerves.
%K guillain-barr¨¦ syndrome
%K polyradiculoneuropathy
%K brachial plexus
%K trauma.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2006000600032&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en