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Case Report With Emphasis on Neurological Toxicity

Jerome S. Haller, MD; Jorge A. Fabara, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1972;124(6):915-917.

Abstract
A 4-year-old girl had tick paralysis initially with astasia-abasia, areflexia, and nystagmus. Motor weakness appeared as a second phase of her illness and all symptoms cleared with removal of the tick. The toxin, experimentally, appears to have various sites of action in the neuromuscular system. This correlates with the clinical course of this patient and others reported in the literature.

Author Affiliations
Washington, DC

From the Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia (Dr. Haller), and the Department of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC (Dr. Fabara). Dr. Haller is now with the New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, and Dr. Fabara is with the Veterans Administration Center, Milwaukee.

Footnotes
Received for publication May 8, 1972; accepted Aug 9.

Reprint requests to New England Medical Center Hospitals, 171 Harrison Ave, Boston 02111 (Dr. Haller).

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