[Facial diplegia in the course of childhood Lyme disease: bilateral enhancement of the facial nerve and MRI after injection of gadolinium]

M Boukobza; J P Guichard; J J Merland; P Tran Ba Huy; G Freys

[Facial diplegia in the course of childhood Lyme disease: bilateral enhancement of the facial nerve and MRI after injection of gadolinium]

J Neuroradiol. 1997 Dec;24(4):270-3.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Boukobza¹, J P Guichard, J J Merland, P Tran Ba Huy, G Freys

Affiliation

¹ Service de Neuroradiologie et d'Angiographie Thérapeutique, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.

PMID: 9490313

Abstract

We report a rare case of Lyme disease presenting as a bilateral seventh cranial nerve palsy and meningitis. The MR appearance was an enhancement of the internal auditory canal segment and mastoid segment of the seventh cranial nerve, in the absence of parenchymal lesions. One should consider Lyme disease in the differential diagnosis of bilateral seventh cranial nerve palsy with enhancement.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Child
Facial Nerve Diseases / etiology*
Facial Paralysis / etiology*
Functional Laterality
Gadolinium*
Humans
Injections
Lyme Disease / complications
Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male

Substances

Gadolinium