Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting as Acute Polyneuropathy Mimicking Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with EGP presenting as GBS.

Reference	Age (sex)	Clinical manifestations	Laboratory findings	NCS	Other	Treatment	Outcome
[7]	58 M	Symmetric weakness, hyporeflexia, and asthma	Eosinophilia, elevated ERS, and p-ANCA+	Mixed demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal absent F-waves	Lung infiltrates	P, CyC, and S	Expired
[8]	57 M	Symmetric weakness and hyporeflexia	p-ANCA+ and elevated ERS	Demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal absent F-waves	Nephritis	S	Improved
[9]	51 F	Symmetric weakness, hyporeflexia, asthma, and nasal polyposis	Eosinophilia, elevated CRP, and ANCA−	Motor asymmetric axonal polyneuropathy and multifocal absent F-waves		IvIG and S	Improved
[10]	74 M	Symmetric weakness, hyporeflexia, and asthma	Eosinophilia	Mixed demyelinating polyneuropathy		S and CyC	Improved
[11]	64 F	Asymmetric weakness, hyporeflexia, asthma, diplopia, and sinusitis	Elevated ESR, eosinophilia, and p-ANCA+	Motor axonal and demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal absent F-waves	Multiorgan disease	IvIG, CyC, and S	Expired
Present case	36 F	Symmetric weakness, hyporeflexia, asthma, purpura, and pansinusitis	Elevated ESR, eosinophilia, and p-ANCA+	Mixed axonal asymmetric polyneuropathy		S and CyC	Improved

NCS: nerve conduction studies; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; IvIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; CyC: cyclophosphamide; P: plasmapheresis; S: steroids.