Elsevier

Pediatric Neurology

Volume 8, Issue 6, November–December 1992, Pages 428-431
Pediatric Neurology

Original article
MRI findings in children infected by Borrelia burgdorferi,☆☆

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Abstract

Cranial magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities were observed in 8 children (5 boys, 3 girls; ages 4–14 years) with neurologic problems following infection by Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Neurologic features included headache (6), behavioral changes (5), facial palsy (2), papilledema (2), papilledema with diplopia (1), disturbance of sleep pattern (2), and carpal tunnel syndrome (1). Two MRI studies demonstrated multiple focal areas of increased signal intensity in white matter on long TR (both proton-density and T2-weighted) images.

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Presented in part at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April, 1991, Boston.

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Supported in part by a grant for Lyme Disease Research from the State of New York and in part by PHS RO1 AR40470 (PKC, ALB).

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