title: [Unilateral recurrent nerve paralysis in suspected Lyme borreliosis].
abstract: Cranial nerve palsy can often be observed in Borrelia burgdorferi infection. A dysphonic patient with a long lasting left-sided recurrent nerve palsy was treated with ceftriaxone, an antibiotic drug for the therapy of Lyme borreliosis. On the 7th day of application the paretic vocal fold showed recovering movements up to regular vocal fold function and normal stroboscopic results. Clinical and serologic constellations and their therapeutical implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Medizinische Fakultät, RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuschaefer-Rube
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Angerstein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kremer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D002443:Ceftriaxone
vernacular_title: Einseitige Rekurrensparese bei Verdacht auf Lyme-Borreliose.