SERUM NEURITIS
- 1 October 1950
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in A.M.A. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 64 (4) , 568-573
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1950.02310280080008
Abstract
MOST physicians are well aware that anaphylaxis and serum sickness may result from the prophylactic use of serum, but it is not well recognized that a disabling neuritis1 may also follow. This neuritis comprises a definite syndrome and, if treated properly, has a good prognosis. Since the prophylactic use of various serums is still common, it seems worth while to report 2 cases of tetanus antitoxin neuritis recently encountered within a period of one month at the Mayo Clinic. REPORT OF CASES Case 1. —A white man aged 36 entered the clinic on Jan. 4, 1950, with the chief complaint of inability to lift the right shoulder and arm. The patient had been apparently well until Oct. 29, 1949, when he incurred a minor pitchfork wound in the right foot. The same day, his family physician administered an injection of tetanus antitoxin just below the deltoid area in theKeywords
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