Table 3.

Summary of published cases of association between UC and GBS compared to our case.

	Authors	Year of publication	Gender	Age at GBS Onset	Delay between UC onset and GBS	Treatment received before GBS onset	UC activity	Clinical features of GBS	Albuminocytologic dissociation	GBS electrophysiological form	GBS treatment	Outcome	Ref.
1	Torre RG et al.	2010	Male	74	GBS was inaugural preceded IBD onset by 2 months	None	Active with tuberculosis	Paraparesis	Absent	Axonal	IVIG	Partial improvement	[11]
2	Zimmerman J et al.	1985	Female	65	18 months	Sulfasalazine and oral corticosteroids	Remission	Tetraparesis Urinary disturbances Facial diplegia Dysphagia	Present	Demyelinating	Corticosteroids	Complete recovery	[12]
3			Male	58	12 years	Sulfasalazine	Remission	Areflexia Paraparesis Limb hypoesthesia Respiratory failure	Absent	Demyelinating	Corticosteroids	Complete recovery
4	Krystallis CS et al.	2009	Male	59	5 years	5 aminosalicylate	Active	Limb paresthesia	Present	Demyelinating	IVIG	Complete recovery	[13]
5	Liu Z et al.	2018	Male	31	3 months	Mesalazine + 5 aminosalicylate	Active	Quadriparesis	Present	Axonal	IVIG	Partial improvement	[14]
6	Saito M et al.	1994	Female	56	NA	5 aminosalicylate	Active with Rubella infection	Quadryparesis	NA	NA	Plasmapharesis	Complete recovery	[15]
7	Roca B et al.	1999	Female	69	30 years	5 aminosalicylate	Remssion Mild upper respiratory infection	Quadriparesis	Present	Demyelinating	IVIG	Complete recovery	[16]
8	Tominaga K et al.	2019	Male	39	GBS was inaugural and preceded IBD onset by 2 weeks	Was not yet under treatment	Active	Quadriparesis Unilateral VI and VII nerve paresis	Absent	Axonal	IVIG	Complete recovery	[17]
9	Bouchra A et al.	2009	Female	47	10 years	5 aminosalicylate	Remission	Quadriparesis	present	Axonal	IVIG	Partial improvement	[18]
10	Jayasundara et al.	2022	Male	24	2 years	None	Concomittent flare-up	Paraparesis areflexia	Present	NA	IVIG	Partial improvement	[19]
11	Our case		Female	30	4 months	Azathioprine	Active with SARS-CoV-2 infection	Quadriparesis	Absent	Axonal	IVIG	Partial improvement

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; IVIG: Intravenous immunoglobulin; NA: Not available; GBS: Guillain–Barré syndrome; UC: Ulcerative colitis.