Recurrent nerve palsy due to Lyme disease: Report of two cases;Paralysie du nerf récurrent au cours d'une maladie de Lyme : à propos de deux observations

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-231

  Martzolff, L ^a   Bouhala, M ^a   Dukic, R ^b   Saraceni, O ^b   Wilhelm, J M ^b   Bombaron, P ^a   Kieffer, P ^a  

^a Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

^b centre hospitalier Saint Morand   (France)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Neuroborreliosis; Peripheral neuropathy; Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 77049127037     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Blanc F., Jaulhac B., Fleury M., de Seze J., de Martino S.J., Remy V., et al. Relevance of the antibody index to diagnose Lyme neuroborreliosis among seropositive patients. Neurology 69 (2007) 953-958
2. Blanc F. Aspects neurologiques et psychiatriques au cours de la maladie de Lyme. Med Mal Infect 37 (2007) 435-445
3. Halperin J.J. Nervous system Lyme disease. J Neurol Sci 153 (1998) 182-191
4. Garin C., and Bujadoux A. Paralysis by ticks. 1922. Clin Infect Dis 16 (1993) 168-169
5. Lormeau G., Reignier A., Soubeyrand L., Ambar G., and Ferroir J.P. Paralysie récurrentielle révélatrice d'une maladie de Lyme. Presse Med 23 (1994) 1357
6. Neuschaefer-Rube C., Haase G., Angerstein W., and Kremer B. Unilateral recurrent nerve paralysis in suspected Lyme borreliosis. HNO 43 (1995) 188-190
7. Schroeter V., Belz G.G., and Blenk H. Paralysis of recurrent laryngeal nerve in Lyme disease. Lancet 2 (1988) 1245
8. Moscatello A.L., Worden D.L., Nadelman R.B., Wormser G., and Lucente F. Otolaryngologic aspects of Lyme disease. Laryngoscope 101 (1991) 592-595
9. Pachner A.R., and Steiner I. Lyme neuroborreliosis: infection, immunity, and inflammation. Lancet Neurol 6 (2007) 544-552
10. Remy V. Place des méthodes biologiques dans le diagnostic des manifestations de la borréliose de Lyme. Med Mal Infect 37 (2007) 410-421
11. Roos K.L., and Berger J.R. Is the presence of antibodies in CSF sufficient to make a definitive diagnosis of Lyme disease?. Neurology 69 (2007) 949-950
12. England J.D., Bohm Jr. R.P., Roberts E.D., and Philipp M.T. Mononeuropathy multiplex in rhesus monkeys with chronic Lyme disease. Ann Neurol 41 (1997) 375-384
13. Hansmann Y. Le traitement des phases secondaires et tertiaires de la borréliose de Lyme. Med Mal Infect 37 (2007) 479-486
14. Dupuis M.J. Les multiples manifestations neurologiques à Borrelia burgdorferi. Rev Neurol (Paris) 144 (1988) 765-775