Abstract:Growing in prevalence as a recreational drug of abuse across a broad scope of people, nitrous oxide (N 2 O) has proven to be a public health concern. Side effects of its abuse have a great degree of variation among people ranging from neurologic, psychiatric, and medical symptoms. We present a rare case of a 23-year-old female with a history of N 2 O abuse, who presented with symptoms of both subacute combined degeneration syndrome (SCD) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). She presented with three weeks history… Show more
“…The clinical presentation of our cases is similar to that of cases previously described by other authors [ 3 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 18 , 19 ]. They exhibit certain characteristics that need to be highlighted.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Second, they presented with initial characteristics similar to GBS, and the discovery of albumin-cytological dissociation in one of our patients strongly suggested such a diagnosis. The co-occurrence of GBS with SCD in a patient with N 2 O consumption has previously been reported [ 18 , 19 ]. It is possible that an inflammatory response capable of inducing a condition similar to GBS may occur.…”
“…The clinical presentation of our cases is similar to that of cases previously described by other authors [ 3 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 18 , 19 ]. They exhibit certain characteristics that need to be highlighted.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Second, they presented with initial characteristics similar to GBS, and the discovery of albumin-cytological dissociation in one of our patients strongly suggested such a diagnosis. The co-occurrence of GBS with SCD in a patient with N 2 O consumption has previously been reported [ 18 , 19 ]. It is possible that an inflammatory response capable of inducing a condition similar to GBS may occur.…”
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