1. [Extensive Myelitis as a Manifestation of Neuroborreliosis].
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Brás A, Marques N, Santiago B, Matos A, and Moreira F
- Subjects
- Aged, Humans, Male, Lyme Neuroborreliosis diagnosis, Myelitis microbiology
- Abstract
Neurological manifestations of Lyme disease are reported in 3% - 12% of patients, with the most common form of presentation being meningoradiculitis. Other symptoms involving the central nervous system, such as myelitis or encephalitis, are rare (< 5 %). We report a case of a 66-year-old male, with a subacute extensive transverse myelitis, secondary to Borrelia burgdorferi infection. The patient underwent antibiotic therapy filed for neuroborreliosis with a good clinical outcome. The rareness in clinical symptoms and imaging presentation, based on a treatable infectious disease, highlights the importance of the inclusion of neuroborreliosis in the differential diagnosis of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis.
- Published
- 2016
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