title: Simultaneous involvement of third and sixth cranial nerve in a patient with Lyme disease.
abstract: We report a 57-year-old woman with neuroborreliosis presenting with headache, shoulder muscle pain and double vision. MRI demonstrated enhancement of the right third and sixth cranial nerves. A 3D MP-RAGE sequence was used to perform multiplanar reformations to show this more graphically. The patient was free of symptoms 1 month after completion of therapy, when thickening and contrast enhancement of the nerves were less pronounced.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stemper
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maihöfner
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Heckmann
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Tomandl
mesh_terms: D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA