Froin's syndrome: An uncommon mimicker of guillain-barre syndrome

摘要

We read with interest the article by Zimmerer et al. [1] on the clinical and treatment aspects of spinal epidural abscess (SEA). At the outset we would like to congratulate the authors on the thorough and concise review of this uncommon condition.As noted by the authors, SEA is found in 0.2-2.8 cases per 10,000 hospital admissions, thus, requiring a high degree of clinical suspicion in their diagnosis [2]. Further as seen in the study, patients oftentimes present with nonspecific back pain thus making the diagnosis difficult. The severity and the location of weakness depend on the location of the abscess; with the most common site being thoracolumbar region [3]. MRI spine with and without (wwo) contrast is the diagnostic modality of choice with all patients in the study being diagnosed by it [1].