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Case Reports
. 2006 Nov;55(Pt 11):1597-1599.
doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46586-0.

Central nervous system borreliosis mimicking a pontine tumour

Kirsten Latsch, Dennis Tappe, Monika Warmuth-Metz, Helge Hebestreit
Case Reports

Central nervous system borreliosis mimicking a pontine tumour

Kirsten Latsch et al. J Med Microbiol. 2006 Nov.

Abstract

In childhood, facial nerve palsy and headache are typical symptoms of second and third stage neuroborreliosis. While focal demyelination is occasionally observed on MRI scans, the appearance of a tumorous lesion is extremely rare. The case of a 10-year-old girl with neuroborreliosis mimicking a space-occupying lesion in the brainstem, without any previously recognized manifestations of borreliosis, is reported.

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