Disartria e strabismo: due sorelle, una dopo l’altra. Ovvero: quando lo streptococco dà ai nervi

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) may follow infections such as Campylobacter jejuni, cytomegalovirus and Haemophilus influenzae infections. The paper describes two familiar cases of polyneuritis cranialis, an oculopharyngeal subtype of GBS, which appeared after β-haemolytic Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection. The diagnosis of a variant form of GBS has been made on the basis of clinical features, albumino-cytological dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid and the response to high-dose IVIg therapy.