An Interesting case of Acute Polyneuropathy in the Context of Acute Pancreatitis

Aswathi Harikumar, Kaniraj Peter J, Robe .

Abstract


Acute polyneuropathy in the critically ill is frequently encountered in the ICU setup, but it is rarely seen as a sequelae of acute pancreatitis. The clinical entity critical illness polyneuropathy occurs almost exclusively in patients in critical care units and has been characterized as a complication of sepsis and multiple organ failure. Moreover the need to distinguish it from Guillain barre syndrome is all the more challenging. The clinical features

elicited by both the polyneuropathies frequently overlap making it to be a diagnostic challenge. To obtain the diagnosis as early as possible affects the treatment course as both of them have entirely different modes of treatment .Here we discuss a case of a 33 year old male who developed acute polyneuropathy in the context of acute pancreatitis.

 


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