title: Femoral neuropraxia after vaccination in a 3-month-old infant: a case report.
abstract: We report an incidence of a 3-month-old infant who developed femoral neuropraxia after vaccination (diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis/inactivated poliovirus/haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine) in the thigh. To the best of our knowledge, femoral nerve injury after vaccination has not been reported in the literature before. However, this baby made good neurological recovery within 8 weeks after vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Luton and Dunstable Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK. drmadhavan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Madhavan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Papanna
authors.forename: Sabapathy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundararajan
mesh_terms: D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000009:adverse effects; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated / Q000009:adverse effects; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017778:Vaccines, Combined / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C044237:Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D017778:Vaccines, Combined