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A 6-year-old boy developed progressive motor weakness and areflexia. The clinical picture, combined with electrophysiological findings, indicated a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). MRI on admission revealed spinal cord swelling and increased signal intensity within the cord. It is concluded that, since a degree of central nervous system involvement can occasionally be part of the spectrum of GBS, swelling of the spinal cord without contrast enhancement does not exclude a diagnosis of GBS.
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Received: 10 October 1997 Accepted: 1 December 1997
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Delhaas, T., Kamphuis, D. & Witkamp, T. Transitory spinal cord swelling in a 6-year-old boy with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Pediatric Radiology 28, 544–546 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050408
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050408