Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Peripheral Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 28(3); 2010 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2010;28(3): 206-208.

말초혈액줄기세포이식 후 발생한 길랭-바레증후군

김지영, 정은혜 최문영 a 성주명 b 박기덕

이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 신경과학교실, 인제대학교 의과대학 부산백병원 내과 a , 이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실 b

Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

Jee Young Kim

Department of Neurology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Internal Medicine a , Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea Department of Internal Medicine b , Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Neuromuscular complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are rarely reported. We report one male patient with ophthalmoplegia, flaccid paralysis, and hyporeflexia after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). A cerebrospinal fluid study showed albuminocytologic dissociation, and nerve conduction studies revealed demyelinating polyneuropathies. Intravenous immunoglobulin was tried following a diagnosis of Guillain?Barre syndrome (GBS). After 11?months he was able to walk alone with a walker. This is probably the first report of GBS related to PBSCT in Korea. Key Words: Guillain?Barre syndrome, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation