• Cui-Wei Yang, Feng Gao, and Zhe-Zhi Xia.
• The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China ccwwyang@gmail.com.
• J. Child Neurol. 2015 Aug 1; 30 (9): 1208-10.

AbstractGuillain-Barré syndrome is the most common acute peripheral neuropathy in children in most countries. The cause and pathogenesis of the disease have yet to be clarified. There have been only a few reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome resulting from parasite infections worldwide, no cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome after lung fluke infection have been reported. We report a case of an 8-year-old male patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome after lung fluke infection. The child had a history of consumption of undercooked crabs. He was diagnosed with paragonimiasis. The patient experienced paralysis of and pain in the lower limbs about 3 weeks after symptom onset. Neurologic and electrophysiologic examination findings supported the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Parasitic infections should also be considered when determining which antecedent infection is associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome. © The Author(s) 2014.

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