The Guillain-Barre Syndrome is an acute or subacute polyradiculoneuropathy that sometimes follows infective illness or surgical procedures. The precise mechanism is unclear, but the disorder probably has an immunological basis. The authors report a case in which acute tonsillitis was complicated with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. We emphasize the simultaneousness of the acute disease and the syndrome, with fast progression to respiratory arrest occuring only in 20% of cases. The treatment was the immunotherapy with prompt recovering of the patient.
Guillain-Barre Syndrome; acute tonsillitis; complication