Open AccessCentral nervous system borreliosis mimicking a pontine tumour
Author(s) -
Kirsten Latsch,
Dennis Tappe,
Monika WarmuthMetz,
Helge Hebestreit
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.46586-0
Subject(s) - neuroborreliosis , brainstem , lesion , palsy , medicine , pathology , central nervous system , borrelia burgdorferi , alternative medicine , psychiatry , antibody , immunology , endocrinology
In childhood, facial nerve palsy and headache are typical symptoms of second and third stage neuroborreliosis. While focal demyelination is occasionally observed on MRI scans, the appearance of a tumorous lesion is extremely rare. The case of a 10-year-old girl with neuroborreliosis mimicking a space-occupying lesion in the brainstem, without any previously recognized manifestations of borreliosis, is reported.
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