Guillain-Barré syndrome differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [2]

Overview

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, autoimmune, polyradiculoneuropathy affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. It is included in the wider group of peripheral neuropathies.

Differential diagnosis

Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Encephalitis

(By organ system)

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic Vasculitic Neuropathy
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Botulism, diphtheria, Lyme disease, poliomyelitis, CMV, paresis caused by West Nile fever
Musculoskeletal / Ortho No underlying causes
Neurologic Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Syndromes, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, acute myelopathies with chronic back pain and sphincter dysfunction
Nutritional / Metabolic Metabolic Myopathies, Nutritional Neuropathy,
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity Heavy Metal Toxicity, poisonings with organophosphate, poison hemlock, thallium, or arsenic
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous porphyria

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