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NEUROLOGY 1991;41:131
© 1991 American Academy of Neurology

"Pseudospasticity" in Guillain-Barré syndrome

David C. Preston, MD and John J. Kelly, Jr., MD

Department of Neurology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA. Received May 11, 1990. Accepted for publication in final form June 14, 1990.

We report a woman with Guillain-Barré syndrome who developed a flexion posture of the right arm and hand resembling upper motor neuron dysfunction. EMG demonstrated that involuntary peripherally generated continuous motor unit discharges caused the posture.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. David C. Preston, Department of Neurology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Box 314, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111.






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