Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box

Autor: Zereen Sarwar, Aaron Fletcher Osborne, Chetan Shah, Mobeen H. Rathore
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Infectious Disease Reports, Vol 14, Iss 6, Pp 837-840 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2036-7449
DOI: 10.3390/idr14060085
Popis: Tick paralysis is a rare but potentially deadly form of muscle paralysis caused by a neurotoxin transmitted through the saliva of gravid, engorged female ticks of various species. Often, there is an initial misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis due to the rarity of the diagnosis, the obscure location of the tick, and the disease’s clinical similarity to Guillain–Barre syndrome. We report the case of a 4-year-old girl with tick paralysis in whom the tick was not found until 2 days after hospital admission. Upon the review of the imaging, it was discovered that the tick was visible on the MRI of the brain that had been reported as normal.
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