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

Neuroradiology. 1998 Nov;40(11):739-42. doi: 10.1007/s002340050675.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / immunology
  • Child
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Facial Nerve / pathology
  • Facial Paralysis / diagnosis*
  • Facial Paralysis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • Lyme Disease / complications*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Trigeminal Nerve / pathology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulin E