title: Meningoradiculitis due to borreliosis presenting as low back pain only.
abstract: We report a child with Borrelia burgdorferi meningoradiculitis. This entity, also known as Bannwarth syndrome, is rare and its presentation with low back pain only is even more unusual. The MRI findings can suggest the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demaerel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Crevits
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casteels-Van Daele
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baert
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis