Acute isolated partial oculomotor nerve palsy due to Lyme neuroborreliosis in a 5 year old girl.
Lyme neuroborreliosis is a frequent cause of facial nerve palsy in children, isolated oculomotor nerve palsy due to Borrelia-associated nervous system infection however is rarely seen. Here we report a case of isolated oculomotor nerve palsy due to a nervous system infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in childhood and restitutio in integrum after intravenous antibiotic therapy.
Department of Neuropediatrics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Anne
A
Drenckhahn
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Birgit
B
Spors
Department of Neuropediatrics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: ellen.knierim@charite.de.
Ellen
E
Knierim
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone
CSF; Cranial nerve palsy; Lyme neuroborreliosis; MRI; Oculomotor nerve palsy