Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou 310003, China
JD Gao (高建娣) BS
KW Jiang (江克文) MD, PhD
Department of Laboratory, The Children's Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou 310003, China
ZX Li (李仲霞) MD
KW Jiang (江克文) MD, PhD
Department of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou 310003, China
HM Yu (俞惠民) MD, PhD
Correspondence to: Dr KW Jiang
Received July 14, 2015
An 11-year and 7-month-old Chinese boy with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) manifested headaches and seizures after the administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). Magnetic resonance imaging revealed posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Several previous reports described PRES associated with IVIg, but few in children. We suggest that this syndrome should be considered in children with GBS and/or administration of IVIg as a neurologic complication. This report reviews the literature on this unusual association and discusses possible pathophysiological mechanisms.
