Bilateral facial palsy: Epstein-Barr virus, not Lyme disease

Eur J Neurol. 2006 Sep;13(9):1029-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01434.x.

Abstract

Bilateral facial palsy is frequently linked with lyme disease. We report a patient with bilateral facial palsy due to Epstein-Barr virus infection but with Borrelia burgdorferi IgM in serum caused by polyclonal B-lymphocyte stimulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications*
  • Facial Paralysis / etiology*
  • Facial Paralysis / virology*
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies