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J Med Microbiol 55 (2006), 1597-1599; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46586-0
© 2006 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Central nervous system borreliosis mimicking a pontine tumour

Kirsten Latsch1, Dennis Tappe2, Monika Warmuth-Metz3 and Helge Hebestreit1

Children's Hospital1 , Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology2 and Department of Neuroradiology3 , University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany

Correspondence
Kirsten Latsch
Latsch_K{at}kinderklinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Received 22 February 2006
Accepted 1 August 2006

In childhood, facial nerve palsy and headache are typical symptoms of second and third stage neuroborreliosis. While focal demyelination is occasionally observed on MRI scans, the appearance of a tumorous lesion is extremely rare. The case of a 10-year-old girl with neuroborreliosis mimicking a space-occupying lesion in the brainstem, without any previously recognized manifestations of borreliosis, is reported.

Abbreviations: BMP, Borrelia membrane protein; CNS, central nervous system; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; IBBA, intrathecal B. burgdorferi antibody.




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