Neuropathic Tremor Secondary to Guillain Barre Syndrome-a Case Study

Abstract

Neuropathic tremor (NT) is a movement disorder characterized by tremor occurring in the isolated context of peripheral neuropathy. It consists of a postural and/or kinetic tremor affecting the distal upper extremities. The pathology of Neuropathic tremor is not well defined and the etiology is broad, but neuropathy and tremor severity are not related.Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acquired heterogeneous group of disorders due to an immune-mediated inflammation and demyelination of the peripheral nervous system.We reported a case of young girl presented with the kinetic tremors following GBS after 6 months. After the detailed Clinical evaluation we reached the diagnosis of Neuropathic tremor. She showed no significant difference on therapeutic trials of propranolol, although tremor improved spontaneously over the course of 3 months. To our knowledge this is the first case report of neuropathic tremor following GuillainBarre Syndrome.