Acute isolated partial oculomotor nerve palsy due to Lyme neuroborreliosis in a 5 year old girl

Anne Drenckhahn; Birgit Spors; Ellen Knierim

doi:10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.05.022

Acute isolated partial oculomotor nerve palsy due to Lyme neuroborreliosis in a 5 year old girl

Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2016 Nov;20(6):977-979. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.05.022. Epub 2016 Jun 13.

Authors

Anne Drenckhahn¹, Birgit Spors², Ellen Knierim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuropediatrics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Pediatric Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
³ Department of Neuropediatrics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27323659
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.05.022

Abstract

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.

Keywords: CSF; Cranial nerve palsy; Lyme neuroborreliosis; MRI; Oculomotor nerve palsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Blepharoptosis / etiology
Borrelia burgdorferi
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Lyme Neuroborreliosis / complications*
Lyme Neuroborreliosis / drug therapy
Neurologic Examination
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / etiology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ceftriaxone