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Guillain-Barré Syndrome Variant Occurring after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination.

Christopher Martin AllenShelby RamsamyAlexander William TarrPatrick Jason TigheWilliam Lucien IrvingRadu TanasescuJonathan Rhys Evans
Published in: Annals of neurology (2021)
Although SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are very safe, we report 4 cases of the bifacial weakness with paresthesias variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occurring within 3 weeks of vaccination with the Oxford-AstraZeneca SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. This rare neurological syndrome has previously been reported in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection itself. Our cases were given either intravenous immunoglobulin, oral steroids, or no treatment. We suggest vigilance for cases of bifacial weakness with paresthesias variant GBS following vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 and that postvaccination surveillance programs ensure robust data capture of this outcome, to assess for causality. ANN NEUROL 2021;90:315-318.
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