Thirty consecutive patients diagnosed clinically as Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS) were enrolled in this study to see the electrophysiological patterns of GBS in Bangladeshi community. Among 30 patients, 25 were male (M: F = 5:1) and 47% patients were between 16 and 25 years of age. An antecedent event was present in 67% of patients. An elevated protein was present in 90% of cases and a cell count of up to five was present in 94% of patients. Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy (AIDP) was commonest (33.35%) followed by acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) which constitute 26% of patients in electrophysiological study of the enrolled patients. Acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy constitutes 14% of cases in this series. (J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2006; 24: 54-60)

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a very common cause of acute motor neuropathy in medical ward, though its association with lymphoma is not very common. Here we present a case of acute motor neuropathy which was clinically diagnosed as a case of GBS. CSF (Cerebrospinal fluid) study and electrophysiological study supported the clinical diagnosis. The patient also had generalized lymphadenopathy & histopathological examination of lymph node revealed high grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL). A staging bone marrow study was performed which revealed lymphoreticular malignancy. The case was finally diagnosed as GBS with stage IV Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v31i3.20986 J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2013; 31: 168-173