Diplopia: A Rare Manifestation of Neuroborreliosis

Early disseminated Lyme disease typically presents with cardiac, rheumatologic, or neurologic symptoms. Though uncommon, Borrelia burgdorferi can invade the central nervous system and cause neuroborreliosis. In these patients, facial palsy, headache, and stiffness of the neck are the most common pre...

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Autores principales: Dixit, Ayushi, Garcia, Yesika, Tesoriero, Lauren, Berman, Charles, Rizzo, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30105109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9720843
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author Dixit, Ayushi
Garcia, Yesika
Tesoriero, Lauren
Berman, Charles
Rizzo, Vincent
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description Early disseminated Lyme disease typically presents with cardiac, rheumatologic, or neurologic symptoms. Though uncommon, Borrelia burgdorferi can invade the central nervous system and cause neuroborreliosis. In these patients, facial palsy, headache, and stiffness of the neck are the most common presenting symptoms. Our case describes a patient with oculomotor nerve palsy manifesting as double vision as the initial presentation of neuroborreliosis.
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spelling pubmed-60769242018-08-13 Diplopia: A Rare Manifestation of Neuroborreliosis Dixit, Ayushi Garcia, Yesika Tesoriero, Lauren Berman, Charles Rizzo, Vincent Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Early disseminated Lyme disease typically presents with cardiac, rheumatologic, or neurologic symptoms. Though uncommon, Borrelia burgdorferi can invade the central nervous system and cause neuroborreliosis. In these patients, facial palsy, headache, and stiffness of the neck are the most common presenting symptoms. Our case describes a patient with oculomotor nerve palsy manifesting as double vision as the initial presentation of neuroborreliosis. Hindawi 2018-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6076924/ /pubmed/30105109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9720843 Text en Copyright © 2018 Ayushi Dixit et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Diplopia: A Rare Manifestation of Neuroborreliosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30105109
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