SERUM NEURITIS
Authors: G I PLITMAN, B R GENDEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 September 1954SERUM NEURITISG. I. PLITMAN, M.D., B. R. GENDEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.G. I. PLITMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, B. R. GENDEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-605 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNervous system complications following the therapeutic or prophylactic administration of foreign serum are less widely appreciated than are the more common allergic complications, such as pain and edema at the site of injection, regional adenopathy, fever, urticaria and serum sickness syndromes. Furthermore, these neurologic complications are given little stress in standard textbooks of medicine. It is the purpose of this paper to call attention to these manifestations in the light of a report of two additional cases. One patient illustrates the most frequent type of neurologic complication, a peripheral neuritis involving the brachial plexus. The other represents the less frequent...Bibliography1. Young F: Peripheral nerve paralyses following the use of various serums, J. A. M. A. 98: 1139-1143 (Apr. 2) 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WilsonHadden GSB: Neuritis and multiple neuritis following serum therapy, J. A. M. A. 98: 123-125 (Jan. 9) 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Doyle JB: Neurologic complications of serum sickness, Am. J. M. Sc. 185: 484-492 (Apr.) 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KrausChaney WMLB: Serum disease of the nervous system, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 37: 1035-1047 (May) 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Davis LB: Paralysis from tetanus antitoxin, J. Nerv. and Ment. Dis. 113: 61-66 (Jan.) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Quoted by Wilson and Hadden.2 Google Scholar7. Kennedy F: Certain nervous complications following the use of therapeutic and prophylactic sera, Am. J. M. Sc. 177: 555-559 (Apr.) 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Fisher ED: Cerebral complications following the injection of tetanus antitoxin, Bull. Los Angeles Neurol. Soc. 14: 113-116 (June) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. ParkRichardson AMJC: Cerebral complications of serum sickness, Neurology 3: 277-283 (Apr.) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Cutter RD: Auditory nerve involvement after tetanus antitoxin: first reported case, J. A. M. A. 106: 1006-1007 (Mar. 21) 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. ComroeWoodKaySpoont JHFCCFEM: Motor neuritis after tetanus antitoxin with involvement of the muscles of respiration, Am. J. Med. 10: 786-789 (June) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Fetter F: Peripheral neuritis from tetanus antitoxin, Am. J. Med. 14: 137-138 (Jan.) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Walsh JW: Peripheral neuropathy and serous meningitis due to horse serum, New England J. Med. 247: 88-91 (July 17) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. McBrydePosten AMA: Immunization with tetanus toxoid, J. Pediat. 28: 692-696 (June) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication January 18, 1954.From the General Medicine and Hematology Section of the Medical Service of Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group Hospital (Kennedy Hospital), Memphis, Tennessee. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySera und VakzinenSera und Vakzinen 1 September 1954Volume 41, Issue 3Page: 605-609KeywordsEdemaFeversHematology and oncologyHospital medicineHyperthermiaMedical servicesNervous systemUrticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...