title: Unilateral phrenic nerve lesion in Lyme neuroborreliosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Among a variety of more common differential diagnoses, the aetiology of acute respiratory failure includes Lyme neuroborreliosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an 87-years old huntsman with unilateral phrenic nerve palsy as a consequence of Lyme neuroborreliosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although Lyme neuroborreliosis is a rare cause of diaphragmatic weakness, it should be considered in the differential workup because of its potentially treatable nature.
authors: Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str, 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany. mdjukic@gwdg.de
authors: Marija
authors: M
authors: Djukic
authors: Jörg
authors: J
authors: Larsen
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Lingor
authors: Roland
authors: R
authors: Nau
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology