Cauda equina conduction time in Guillain-Barré syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Hideyuki MatsumotoYoshikazu Ugawa

Abstract

The proximal segment of peripheral nerves is assumed to be involved in both demyelinating and axonal types of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). However, electrophysiological examinations have not yet clarified if this segment is involved. We measured cauda equina conduction time (CECT) in nine demyelinating GBS and seven axonal GBS patients. Compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) were recorded from the abductor hallucis muscle. Electrical stimulation was given at the ankle and the knee, and magnetic stimulation was given over the first sacral (S1) and first lumbar (L1) spinous processes using a magnetic augmented translumbosacral stimulation (MATS) coil. CECT was obtained by subtracting S1-level latency from L1-level latency. CECT was prolonged in all the patients with demyelinating GBS who had leg symptoms, whereas motor conduction velocity (MCV) at the peripheral nerve trunk was normal in all the patients. In all the patients with axonal GBS having leg symptoms, CECT and MCV were normal and no conduction blocks were detected between the ankle and the neuro-foramina. The cauda equina is much more frequently involved than the peripheral nerve trunk in demyelinating GBS. In axonal GBS, usually, CECT is normal and segmental lesio...Continue Reading

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