A case of sarcoma of the central nervous system presenting as a Guillain-Barre syndrome

Abstract

Sarcomas of the central nervous system are extremely rare and are generally of intracranial origin. The clinical features are usually those of a space occupying or destructive lesion within the CNS. The Guillain-Barre syndrome has been associated with malignancy, though no cases appeared to have direct tumour involvement of the spinal roots. The case we describe is thus unusual for its clinical presentation, the apparent intraspinal origin of the tumour and the associated visceral metastases.