[Facial diplegia in the course of childhood Lyme disease: bilateral enhancement of the facial nerve and MRI after injection of gadolinium].
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.
Boukobza
M
M
Service de Neuroradiologie et d'Angiographie Thérapeutique, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
Guichard
J P
JP
Merland
J J
JJ
Tran Ba Huy
P
P
Freys
G
G
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
D005682:Gadolinium
Diplégie faciale au cours d'une maladie de Lyme de l'enfant: rehaussement bilatéral du nerf facial et IRM après injection de Gadolinium.