Intracranial hypertension in neuroborreliosis.
Neuroborreliosis is an infection of the nervous system caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, from which patients most commonly develop lymphocytic meningitis, radiculoneuritis, or cranial neuropathy. In this report a 9-year-old male with an unusual neurological complication of neuroborreliosis--benign intracranial hypertension (BIH)--is described. Clinical symptoms of BIH, which consist of increased CSF pressure in the absence of an intracranial mass or obstruction to the circulation of CSF, resolved completely after antibiotic therapy with ceftriaxone.
Härtel
Christoph
C
Department of Paediatrics, University of Lübeck Medical School, Germany. haertel@paedia.ukl.mu-luebeck.de
Schilling
Stefan
S
Neppert
Birte
B
Tiemer
Bettina
B
Sperner
Jürgen
J
D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002511:Cephalosporins; D002443:Ceftriaxone