title: Lyme polyradiculoneuropathy presenting as increasing abdominal girth.
abstract: We describe a patient with documented Lyme disease whose major complaint was increasing abdominal distention. Electrophysiologic studies demonstrated denervation of the lower thoracic paraspinal muscles and the rectus abdominis. Expanding abdominal girth can be an unusual manifestation of the polyradiculoneuropathy associated with Lyme disease.
authors: Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
authors: K R
authors: KR
authors: Daffner
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Saver
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Biber
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology*