Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis: A rare case

Simone Bruhn Rosendahl; Pernille Ravn; Anne-Mette Lebech; Christian Peter Midtgaard Stenør

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01704

Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis: A rare case

IDCases. 2023 Feb 3:31:e01704. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01704. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Simone Bruhn Rosendahl¹, Pernille Ravn¹, Anne-Mette Lebech^{2

3}, Christian Peter Midtgaard Stenør^{4

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark.

Abstract

Encephalitis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a rare clinical manifestation of Lyme neuroborreliosis and only in few cases have brain parenchymal inflammation been documented. Here, we present a case of Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis with significant parenchymal inflammation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in an immunosuppressed patient.

Keywords: Encephalitis; Immunosuppression; Lyme neuroborreliosis; MRI; Neuroinfection.

Publication types

Case Reports