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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2008; 06(04): 377-379
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557486
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Tick paralysis: Presentation as a pure cerebellar syndrome

Raed Alroughani
a   Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
,
Jonathan Guilfoyle
b   Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
,
Mary B. Connolly
c   Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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26 May 2007

16 July 2008

Publication Date:
30 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Tick paralysis typically presents with an ascending flaccid paralysis. Atypical presentations have been reported. The purpose of this report is to describe a child who presented with acute, cerebellar ataxia without weakness whose symptoms resolved following removal of the tick. Tick paralysis should be added to the list of causes of acute cerebellar ataxia.

Keywords

Tick paralysis - cerebellar disease - acute ataxia