%0 Case Reports
%T Guillain-Barre syndrome after antithymocyte globulin administration in a kidney transplant recipient: A case report and literature review.
%A Tavakoli F
%A Dalil D
%A Yaghoubi F
%A Hosseini SM
%J Clin Case Rep
%V 11
%N 11
%D 2023 Nov
%M 38028101
暂无%R 10.1002/ccr3.8184
%X This report describes a rare case of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) following receiving rabbit antithymocyte globulin (ATG) after kidney transplantation to prevent acute allograft rejection in a 34-year-old man. The patient presented severe pain in the right temporomandibular joint, fever, chills, myalgia, polyarthralgia, and bone pain. Twelve hours later, he developed quadriplegia, paresthesia, and a limited range of active motions in all extremities. No antecedent viral or bacterial infection was identified. The EMG/NCV evaluation displayed acute inflammatory sensory-motor polyneuropathy. After the administration of GBS treatment, the neurologic symptoms started to improve. Over a few days, the reflexes came back completely, and the patient was able to walk. To our knowledge, this is the second case report of ATG-related GBS after kidney transplantation.