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Intracranial hypertension in neuroborreliosis
Author(s) -
Härtel Christoph,
Schilling Stefan,
Neppert Birte,
Tiemer Bettina,
Sperner Jürgen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2002.tb00849.x
Subject(s) - neuroborreliosis , medicine , ceftriaxone , meningitis , complication , borrelia , intracranial pressure , borrelia burgdorferi , antibiotics , surgery , immunology , biology , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology
Neuroborreliosis is an infection of the nervous system caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, from which patients most commonly develop lymphocytic meningitis, radiculoneuritis, or cranial neuropathy. In this report a 9‐year‐old male with an unusual neurological complication of neuroborreliosis ‐ benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) ‐is described. Clinical symptoms of BIH, which consist of increased CSF pressure in the absence of an intracranial mass or obstruction to the circulation of CSF, resolved completely after antibiotic therapy with ceftriaxone.