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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;62(4):671-3.
doi: 10.1001/archneur.62.4.671.

Constipation heralding neuroborreliosis: an atypical tale of 2 patients

Ejaz A Shamim  1 , Sadat A Shamim, Gordon Liss, Eric Nylen, Jonathan H Pincus, Manuel Yepes
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Case Reports

Constipation heralding neuroborreliosis: an atypical tale of 2 patients

Ejaz A Shamim et al. Arch Neurol. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

This is a report of 2 patients with Lyme disease who initially presented with severe constipation, which progressed to ascending muscular weakness resembling acute idiopathic polyneuritis, with neuropsychiatric symptoms, severe urinary retention, and hyponatremia. These symptoms resolved following proper antibiotic therapy.

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