A 45-year-old man had a flu-like viral disease and two weeks later developed weakness in his arms and legs and sensory disturbances. He became almost completely paralyzed but then recovered
Nerve biopsy disclosed infiltrates of lymphocytes and macrophages. The most likely disease is
A. multiple sclerosis
B. Guillain-Barré syndrome
C. chronic demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
D. Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome
E. toxic polyneuropathy
B
Clinical features, including motor and sensory deficits, combined with lymphocytic infiltrates and destruction of myelin in peripheral nerves, are typical of acute immune-mediated demyelination known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. Multiple sclerosis is limited to the central nervous system and does not extend into the nerves. Chronic demyelinating polyradiculopathy has a chronic course, and the nerves show demyelination and remyelination of axons. Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome is an inherited neuropathy and also has a chronic course. Toxic neuropathy is related to ingestion of toxins and is not accompanied by lymphocytic infiltrates.
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