Lyme borreliosis mimicking central nervous system malignancy: The diagnostic pitfall of cerebrospinal fluid cytology

Brain and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 403-406

  Kieslich, Matthias ^a   Fiedler, Andreas ^b   Hernaiz Driever, Pablo ^c   Weis, Roger ^a   Schwabe, Dirk ^a   Jacobi, Gert ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital St Hedwig Regensburg   (Germany)

^c Practice Center Rudolf Virchow   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; CSF cytology; Lymphoid cells; Non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033787318     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(00)00165-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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