Open AccessMeningomyeloradiculitis as an Unusual Presentation of Neuroborreliosis in Childhood
Author(s) -
Maria Vânia Sousa,
Isabel Lopes de Carvalho,
Maria Sofia Núncio,
Carla Conceição,
Rita Silva,
Catarina Gouveia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000000826
Subject(s) - neuroborreliosis , lyme neuroborreliosis , transverse myelitis , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , serology , myelitis , cerebrospinal fluid , lyme disease , pediatrics , dermatology , pathology , borrelia burgdorferi , surgery , antibody , immunology , psychiatry , multiple sclerosis , spinal cord
We report a pediatric case of Lyme neuroborreliosis-associated meningomyeloradiculitis with atypical manifestations and negative initial cerebrospinal fluid borrelial antibodies. Transverse myelitis and painful radiculoneuritis have rarely been described in pediatric neuroborreliosis. Clinical manifestations are wide ranging and nonspecific, and the serologic diagnosis is often delayed in the acute phase.