title: Meningomyeloradiculitis as an Unusual Presentation of Neuroborreliosis in Childhood.
abstract: We report a pediatric case of Lyme neuroborreliosis-associated meningomyeloradiculitis with atypical manifestations and negative initial cerebrospinal fluid borrelial antibodies. Transverse myelitis and painful radiculoneuritis have rarely been described in pediatric neuroborreliosis. Clinical manifestations are wide ranging and nonspecific, and the serologic diagnosis is often delayed in the acute phase.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of infectiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefânia; †National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge; ‡Department of Radiology, and §Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vânia Sousa
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lopes de Carvalho
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sofia Núncio
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conceição
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gouveia
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone