title: Isolated oculomotor nerve paralysis in Lyme disease: MRI.
abstract: Lyme disease is a cause of illness involving multiple organ systems, including, in 10-15 % of cases, the nervous system. Peripheral radiculoneuritis, cranial neuritis, encephalitis and myelitis are among the neurological manifestations found in the second and third stages. We present the MRI findings in isolated oculomotor nerve involvement by Lyme disease and discuss the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Städtisches Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Savas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gueckel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence