Paralysis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Paralysis, including details on treatment, diagnosis, facial paralysis, sleep paralysis.

Severe botulism after focal injection of botulinum toxin.

Souayah N, Karim H, Kamin SS, McArdle J, Marcus S

Departments of Neurology, New Jersey Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07101, USA. souayani@umdnj.edu

We report a 34-year-old woman who developed clinical botulism after the cosmetic use of an unapproved botulinum toxin type A. Electrophysiologic findings demonstrated complete denervation with complete electrical silence. She had a lengthy recovery but was able to ambulate by discharge.

Published 28 November 2006 in Neurology, 67(10): 1855-6.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2004-2008 Paralysis Research Today. All Rights Reserved.