Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with Breast Cancer Treated with Trastuzumab - a Case Report

Abstrakt

We present a case report of a 66-year old woman with breast cancer treated with trastuzumab, a monoclonal antibody against the HER2 receptor. Treatment with trastuzumab was complicated by the development of Guillain-Barre syndrome, well documented by EMG examination, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and clinical course with a relatively good outcome after plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulins.

Klíčová slova

• Breast cancer
• cancer
• Guillian-Barre syndrome
• monoclonal antibodies
• trastuzumab