CUSHING'S SYNDROME AND THE GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME
Authors: R BRESSLER, S T JOHNSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 May 1959CUSHING'S SYNDROME AND THE GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROMERUBIN BRESSLER, M.D., CHARLES T. JOHNSON, M.D.RUBIN BRESSLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES T. JOHNSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-5-1298 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe Landry-Guillain-Barré syndrome has been described as a polyradiculo-neuropathy which may affect either sensory or motor function and may extend into the central nervous system.1The outcome is dependent upon the degree of involvement of the respiratory and cardiovascular centers. Changes in the cerebrospinal fluid protein, and albuminocytologic dissociation, are regarded as being incidental to the disorder. The severe cases have a guarded prognosis, and mortality figures of 12 to 42% have been reported.2, 3The etiology of the syndrome has never been conclusively established, but toxic, infectious and allergic hypotheses have been proposed. The disorder represents a treatment...Bibliography1. HaymakerKernohan WJW: The Landry-Guillain-Barré syndrome. A clinicopathologic report of 50 cases and a critique of the literature, Medicine 28: 59, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. TaylorMcDonald EWGA: A syndrome of polyneuritis with facial diplegia, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 27: 79, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SeltzerLichtyConn HSDEJW: A case of Guillain-Barré syndrome (infectious polyneuritis) with apparent response to ACTH, Univ. Hosp. Bull., Ann Arbor 18: 27, 1952. Google Scholar4. StillmanGanong JSWF: Guillain-Barré syndrome. Report of a case treated with ACTH and cortisone, New England J. Med. 246: 293, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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