Neuroborreliosis with progression from pseudotumor cerebri to aseptic meningitis

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Jan;25(1):91-2. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000195643.74134.8b.

Abstract

We report a patient with an initial diagnosis of Lyme-associated pseudotumor cerebri who developed cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis consistent with Lyme meningitis. The case illustrates the importance of considering neuroborreliosis in the differential diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri and describes the evolution of cerebrospinal fluid findings in this condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / cytology
  • Child
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Leukocytosis
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / diagnosis*
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / drug therapy
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Aseptic / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Aseptic / drug therapy
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / diagnosis*
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial