Severe Acute Pancreatitis Complicated by Guillain-Barré Syndrome in the Intensive Care Unit
Dan Wang, Xianlin Meng, Tingting Ye, Chunyan Zhu · 2026
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Description
Dan Wang and co-authors report a rare pairing of severe pancreas inflammation with a nerve disorder in a 2026 case report. A thirty-nine-year-old woman with fat-driven pancreatitis and autoimmune disease lay in intensive care on breathing and kidney support machines. When sedation stopped, she showed sudden symmetric weakness in all four limbs.
Electrical nerve studies and spinal fluid tests confirmed Guillain-Barré syndrome, the motor-sensory axonal kind, where the immune system attacks nerves. Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin brought gradual recovery of strength. The authors warn that this syndrome hides easily in very sick patients, since weakness can be blamed on the illness itself. They urge early nerve testing when weakness after sedation has no clear cause.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dan Wang, Xianlin Meng, Tingting Ye, Chunyan Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |