title: Abdominal wall weakness and lumboabdominal pain revealing neuroborreliosis: a report of three cases.
abstract: The authors report three cases of thoracic radiculoneuropathy disclosing neuroborreliosis. All three patients had low back and abdominal pain and two had marked abdominal wall paresis. EMG confirmed a motor involvement of the lower thoracic roots and CSF analysis revealed a lymphocytic meningitis in all three cases. Antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi were present in both the serum and the CSF. A favourable outcome was obtained in all three patients with appropriate antibiotherapy. The differential diagnosis of this misleading presentation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mormont
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Esselinckx
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Ronde
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deltombe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laloux
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D015415:Biomarkers