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Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box
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 o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36412743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14060085 |
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author | Sarwar, Zereen Osborne, Aaron Fletcher Shah, Chetan Rathore, Mobeen H. |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-96803002022-11-23 Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box Sarwar, Zereen Osborne, Aaron Fletcher Shah, Chetan Rathore, Mobeen H. Infect Dis Rep Case Report 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. MDPI 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9680300/ /pubmed/36412743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14060085 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sarwar, Zereen Osborne, Aaron Fletcher Shah, Chetan Rathore, Mobeen H. Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box |
title | Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box |
title_full | Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box |
title_fullStr | Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box |
title_full_unstemmed | Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box |
title_short | Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box |
title_sort | neuroimaging in tick paralysis: looking outside the box |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36412743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14060085 |
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