Guillain Barre Syndrome Complicating Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Sourav Sinha; Swapan Kumar Mallick; Rudrajit Paul; Debdas Bose; Md Asifullah

Guillain Barre Syndrome Complicating Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences,2016,6,3,1553-1556.

Published:September 2016

Type:Case Report

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Sourav Sinha¹, Swapan Kumar Mallick², Rudrajit Paul³*, Debdas Bose⁴, Md Asifullah¹

¹Resident, ²Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, ³Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine ⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Abstract:

Neurological complications are a rare feature of haematological malignancies. We here report a case of T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in a 15 year old girl complicated by Guillain BarreSyndrome (GBS). The GBS occurred after two cycles of chemotherapy. Diagnosis was done by electrodiagnostic studies which revealed AMAN subtype. The patient needed mechanical ventilation and was also treated with IvIg. Relevant literature pertaining to the association of the two conditions have also been discussed.

Keywords:AMAN, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Lymphoblastic lymphoma