Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 11-2007. A 59-year-old man with neck pain, weakness in the arms, and cranial-nerve palsies

N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 12;356(15):1561-70. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc079005.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • B-Lymphocytes
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification*
  • Central Nervous System / pathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / chemistry
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / cytology*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / immunology
  • Cranial Nerve Diseases / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / complications
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology
  • Pain / etiology
  • Paralysis / etiology
  • Thrombocytopenia / etiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial