ENCEPHALOMYELORADICULITIS (GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME) AS A COMPLICATION OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS
Authors: Hyman J. Zimmerman, Charles F. Lowry
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Case Reports1 June 1947ENCEPHALOMYELORADICULITIS (GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME) AS A COMPLICATION OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITISHYMAN J. ZIMMERMAN, CHARLES F. LOWRYHYMAN J. ZIMMERMANSearch for more papers by this author, CHARLES F. LOWRYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-6-934 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDysfunction of the central nervous system has been described as one of the more serious complications of infectious hepatitis.1, 2 Ordinarily the picture resembles acute alcoholism, hyperinsulinism or anoxia of the brain and is said to indicate a grave prognosis.3 Symptoms suggestive of involvement of the basal ganglia have also been noted,4 but no record of myelitis, radiculitis or neuritis appearing in a patient with acute hepatitis was found in a survey of the recent literature.In 1916 a symptom complex, characterized by clinical evidence of radiculitis and "acellular hyperalbuminosis" in the spinal fluid was first described.5The name Guillain-Barré...Bibliography1. LUCKE B: The pathology of fatal epidemic hepatitis, Am. Jr. Path., 1944, xx, 471. Google Scholar2. HAYMANREAD JMWA: Some clinical observations on outbreaks of jaundice following yellow fever vaccination, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1945, ccix, 281. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. TURNERSNAVELYGROSSMANBUCHANANFOSTER RHJREBRNSC: Some clinical studies of acute hepatitis occurring in soldiers after inoculation with yellow fever vaccine with especial consideration of severe attacks, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xx, 193. Google Scholar4. BENJAMINHOYT JERC: Disability following postvaccinal (yellow fever) hepatitis; study of 200 patients manifesting delayed convalescence, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1945, cxxviii, 319. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. GUILLAINBARRÉSTROHL GJAA: Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1916, xl, 1462. Google Scholar6. GRINKER R: Neurology, 1944, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 793. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication December 26, 1945.†At present at George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGuillain-barré syndrome and other neurologic syndromes in hepatitis A, B, and non-A, non-BPolyneuritis und HepatitisPolirradiculoneurite e hepatite infecciosa: registro de um casoSerum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Immune Complexes Containing Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Guillain-Barré SyndromeGuillain Barré Syndrome during the Pre-icteric Phase of Acute Type B Viral HepatitisThe Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with Acute HepatitisThe Guillain–Barre Syndrome: Report of a Case Treated with ACTH and CortisoneNeurological Complications in Acute Infectious Hepatitis.THE GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROMETORSION OF THE APPENDICES EPIPLOICÆ 1 June 1947Volume 26, Issue 6Page: 934-936KeywordsAlcoholismBrainCentral nervous systemGangliaGuillain-Barre syndromeHepatitis AHepatitis CHepatitis DHyperinsulinemiaInfectious hepatitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...