Author(s)

Zakaria Ghoummid¹, Hassan Ait Bahssain¹, Soukaina Kadiri², Nisserine Louhab², Najib Kissani², Mina Elkhayari¹, Abdelhamid Hachimi^1*

¹Medical ICU, Cadi Ayyad University, Mohammed VI^th University Hospital of Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco.
²Neurology Department, Cadi Ayyad University, Mohammed VIth University Hospital of Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco.

Background: The association of Guillain-Barre syndrome and cerebral sinus thrombosis is uncommon. Case Presentation: We report a 37-year-old patient hospitalized in medical ICU for respiratory distress following a Guillain-Barre syndrome. He had symptomatic treatment in addition to plasma exchange. In the presence of clonic movements, a brain venography magnetic resonance showed a thrombophlebitis of the left lateral sinus, and hence a low-molecular-weight heparin treatment was begun. Immunological, thrombophilia and serological tests were negative. After a favorable evolution, he was transferred to the neurology department. Conclusion: The combination of a Guillain-Barre syndrome and a cerebral sinus thrombosis would suggest a common process. A rigorous investigation, including the use of imaging, is necessary in front of any unusual clinical sign during a GBS.

Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Plasma Exchange, Venography Magnetic Resonance

Ghoummid, Z. , Bahssain, H. , Kadiri, S. , Louhab, N. , Kissani, N. , Elkhayari, M. and Hachimi, A. (2018) Exceptional Association of a Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis and a Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A New Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 7, 391-396. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2018.76035.