Tick paralysis in children: electrophysiology and possibility of misdiagnosis.
The authors report six patients with tick paralysis seen over 5 years. Clinical and electrodiagnostic findings failed to adequately distinguish tick paralysis from Guillain-Barré syndrome in these patients. Finding a tick attached to the scalp or the nape of the neck and removing it resulted in rapid clinical improvement.
Vedanarayanan
V Venkataraman
VV
Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 39216, USA.
Evans
Owen B
OB
Subramony
S H
SH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D013985:Tick Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous