Neurochirurgie
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Case Reports
[Guillain-Barré syndrome secondary to cranial surgery: direct or fortuitous relationship?].
The Guillain-Barré syndrome, an acute polyradiculonevritis (PRN), usually appears after a post-infectious immuno-allergic reaction. We report a case of acute PRN following cranial surgery. Post-surgical Guillain-barré syndrome is rarely described. We reviewed the pathophysiological mechanisms possibly involved in this disease that have to be evoked in patients with abnormal post-surgical neurological symptoms.
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To report an unusual and asymptomatic cause of cord compression treated surgically with good clinical outcome. ⋯ Given its infrequency, the diagnosis of arachnoid cyst should be suspected when a cystic lesion causes cord compression. Surgery is the treatment of choice, providing good clinical outcome.