Lyme disease in a child presenting with bilateral facial nerve palsy : MRI findings and review of the literature

We report a 7-year-old boy with neuroborreliosis presenting with headache and bilateral facial nerve palsy. MRI demonstrated tentorial and bilateral facial and trigeminal nerve enhancement.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neuroradiology 1998-11, Vol.40 (11), p.739-742
Hauptverfasser:	VANZIELEGHEM, B, LEMMERLING, M, CARTON, D, ACHTEN, E, VANLANGENHOVE, P, MATTHYS, E, KUNNEN, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Borrelia burgdorferi Group - immunology Borrelia infections Child Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Facial Nerve - pathology Facial Paralysis - diagnosis Facial Paralysis - etiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunoglobulin E - analysis Immunoglobulin M - analysis Infectious diseases Lyme Disease - complications Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Trigeminal Nerve - pathology Tropical bacterial diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a 7-year-old boy with neuroborreliosis presenting with headache and bilateral facial nerve palsy. MRI demonstrated tentorial and bilateral facial and trigeminal nerve enhancement.
ISSN:	0028-3940 1432-1920
DOI:	10.1007/s002340050675