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A 57-year-old woman with fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome developed fatal acute myocarditis and pulmonary edema, expiring on the 20th hospital day.
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This case report highlights that fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome can be complicated by fatal myocarditis.
Potential fatal myocarditis in fulminant GBS merits clinical awareness; leaves open whether systematic screening alters outcomes.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) represents a diverse spectrum of diseases, with variable pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical manifestation, presentation pattern, and degree of severity. We report a rare case of fatal fulminant GBS complicated with myocarditis during the course of illness.
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Mishra et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome with myocarditis (n=1). Intravenous immunoglobulin was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 57-year-old woman with fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome developed fatal acute myocarditis and pulmonary edema, expiring on the 20th hospital day.
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