49-years-old women with unusual presentation of severe hypokalemia mimicking Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A rare case report

Mohamed Mukhtar Mohamed; Ibrahim Hussein Ali; Mehmet Erdem Ağca; Mohamed Sheikh Hassan; Mohamed Farah Osman; Irshad Ibrahim Ali; Mohamed Farah Yusuf Mohamud

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104021

49-years-old women with unusual presentation of severe hypokalemia mimicking Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A rare case report

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Jun 18:79:104021. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104021. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Mohamed Mukhtar Mohamed¹, Ibrahim Hussein Ali¹, Mehmet Erdem Ağca¹, Mohamed Sheikh Hassan¹, Mohamed Farah Osman¹, Irshad Ibrahim Ali¹, Mohamed Farah Yusuf Mohamud¹

Affiliation

¹ Mogadishu Somali Turkey Research and Training Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia.

Abstract

Acute neuromuscular weakness with associated subsequent developing respiratory failure is common neurological emergency in all emergency departments worldwide. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) remains the most common cause of acute ascending quadriplegia presents with ascending muscle weakness associated with paresthesia and loss of deep tendon reflexes and usually preceeded by diarrheal illness or upper airway infection. Here we report 49-year-old female presented with rapidly progressing, ascending quadraparesis for 48 hours duration with subsequently complicated by respiratory paralysis due to severe hypokalemia.

Keywords: Emergency; Guillain-Barré Syndrome; Hypokalimia; Quadraparesis.

Publication types

Case Reports