Tick paralysis in children: Electrophysiology and possibility of misdiagnosis

Authors :: V Venkataraman Vedanarayanan
S. H. Subramony
Owen B. Evans
Source :: Neurology. 59:1088-1090
Publication Year :: 2002
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2002.
Abstract: 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.