title: [Paralysis of abdominal muscles caused by Lyme disease].
abstract: A 67-year old patient with meningoradiculitis due to Borrelia Burgdorferi presented with unilateral trunk dysesthesias and severe asymmetrical abdominal distension. The causes of abdominal wall paralysis are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Electromyographie, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Lyon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vial
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petiot
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Latombe
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ruel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Confavreux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trillet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bady
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Paralysie des muscles larges de l'abdomen due a une maladie de Lyme.