Intracerebral haemorrhage as a manifestation of Lyme neuroborreliosis?
Lyme Neuroborreliosis (LNB) has repeatedly been reported to cause cerebral vasculitis. However, there is no reliable information about the incidence of cerebral vessel affection. The majority of reports deal with ischaemic consequences, and there are a few reports of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). We report a case of otherwise unexplained intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) where clinical and laboratory tests have shown LNB. Late stage LNB might not only cause ischaemic, but haemorrhagic stroke as well.
Scheid
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Day Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Germany. scheid@cns.mpg.de
Hund-Georgiadis
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von Cramon
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D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged