title: [Facial diplegia in the course of childhood Lyme disease: bilateral enhancement of the facial nerve and MRI after injection of gadolinium].
abstract: We report a rare case of Lyme disease presenting as a bilateral seventh cranial nerve palsy and meningitis. The MR appearance was an enhancement of the internal auditory canal segment and mastoid segment of the seventh cranial nerve, in the absence of parenchymal lesions. One should consider Lyme disease in the differential diagnosis of bilateral seventh cranial nerve palsy with enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie et d'Angiographie Thérapeutique, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boukobza
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Guichard
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Merland
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tran Ba Huy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Freys
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005682:Gadolinium
vernacular_title: Diplégie faciale au cours d'une maladie de Lyme de l'enfant: rehaussement bilatéral du nerf facial et IRM après injection de Gadolinium.