Fulminant Guillain–Barré syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Report of an autopsied case. Issue 4 (25th June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Takemoto, Mami; Yamashita, Toru; Ohta, Yasuyuki; Hishikawa, Nozomi; Sato, Kota; Tsunoda, Keiichiro; Shang, Jingwei; Deguchi, Kentaro; Tanaka, Takehiro; Nishimura, Hirotake; Furutani, Masumi; Abe, Koji
• Is Part Of: Neurology and clinical neuroscience. Volume 6:Issue 4(2018:Jul.)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 119
• Publication Date: 2018-06-25
• Subjects: autonomic dysfunction -- Guillain–Barré syndrome -- liver hemorrhage -- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurosciences -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1111/ncn3.12197
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-4173

Abstract

Abstract: We report a case of a 77‐year‐old Japanese man with a fever of up to 39.0°C, which subsided after 5 days. The patient showed fulminant Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), severe autonomic dysfunction with a labile blood pressure, an unstable heart rate from onset to death, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Although Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was ameliorated by Day 14 (from admission in the hospital) with a normalized electrocardiogram, his blood pressure became markedly more variable and he died on Day 26. In the present report, we describe an autopsied case of GBS with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.