Analysis of Thallium Poisoning Misdiagnosed as Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Two Patients
XIE Ping-hui
LU Wei
LEI Qiang
ZHANG Jin-nan
YOU Hong
Abstract：Objective To explore clinical characteristics and diagnosis and treatment measures of thallium poisoning in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment efficiency. Methods Clinical data of 2 patients with thallium poisoning misdi-agnosed as having Guillain-Barre syndrome was retrospectively analyzed,and related literature was also reviewed. Results The two patients visited doctors for limbs anesthesia,pain and acratia,and were all misdiagnosed as having Guillain-Barre syndrome,but patients′conditions did not improve after corresponding treatment. One patient died,and thallium poisoning was confirmed by autopsy;another one was highly suspected of thallium poisoning because of baldness,and was confirmed by uri-nalysis,and recovered after active treatment. Conclusion Thallium poisoning patients with the initial symptoms of limbs an-esthesia,pain and acratia may be easily misdiagnosed as having Guillain-Barre syndrome,and the misdiagnosis rate can be re-duced by enhancing the understanding of thallium poisoning,a detailed history enquiry and analyzing the patients′conditions.
Keywords：Thallium poisoningMisdiagnosisGuillain-Barre syndrome
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 42-45 )