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Location of tick attachment revealed on 3D MRI

The 3D MRI rendering shows a tick (arrow) on the surface of the head. (Source: Sarwar Z, Osborne AF, Shah C, Rathore MH. Neuroimaging in tick paralysis: looking outside the box. Infect Dis Rep 2022;14(6):837-40. Creative Commons Attribution [CC BY] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

Associated Disorders

  • Acute ascending paralysis