Misleading bilateral blink reflex loss in a severe tetanus case

Tetanus is rare and often forgotten in the diagnostic workup. The diagnosis is mainly based on typical clinical symptoms, because of missing sensitive paraclinical test. As described in our case, a missing bilateral blink reflex may occur in severe tetanus, which should not lead to the rejection of...

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Autores principales: Neumann, Bernhard, Schulte‐Mattler, Wilhelm, Fuchs, Kornelius, Zellner, Ruth, Boy, Sandra, Angstwurm, Klemens
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28174628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.772
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Sumario:Tetanus is rare and often forgotten in the diagnostic workup. The diagnosis is mainly based on typical clinical symptoms, because of missing sensitive paraclinical test. As described in our case, a missing bilateral blink reflex may occur in severe tetanus, which should not lead to the rejection of the diagnosis.

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