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Intracerebral haemorrhage as a manifestation of Lyme Neuroborreliosis?
Author(s) -
Scheid R.,
HundGeorgiadis M.,
Von Cramon D. Y.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00541.x
Subject(s) - lyme neuroborreliosis , medicine , neuroborreliosis , subarachnoid haemorrhage , cerebral vasculitis , ischaemic stroke , vasculitis , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , pathology , surgery , borrelia burgdorferi , immunology , ischemia , disease , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , antibody , engineering , aneurysm
Lyme Neuroborreliosis (LNB) has repeatedly been reported to cause cerebral vasculitis. However, there is no reliable information about the incidence of cerebral vessel affection. The majority of reports deal with ischaemic consequences, and there are a few reports of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). We report a case of otherwise unexplained intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) where clinical and laboratory tests have shown LNB. Late stage LNB might not only cause ischaemic, but haemorrhagic stroke as well.