title: [Exacerbation of chronic lower back pain with an unexpected twist].
abstract: We report a case of an 88-year old male patient with known chronic lower back pain who presented in late August with progressive pain in his right knee and lower leg as well as paraesthesias. Diagnostic work-up revealed an acute Lyme-Borreliosis.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, GZO Spital Wetzikon. stephan.winnik@gzo.ch
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winnik
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hitz
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wyden
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stieger
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007719:Knee Joint; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed