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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 11;8(1):86-91.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2569. eCollection 2020 Jan.

ALS or ALS mimic by neuroborreliosis-A case report

Isabelle Wirsching  1 , Nora Ort  2 , Nurcan Üçeyler  2
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Case Reports

ALS or ALS mimic by neuroborreliosis-A case report

Isabelle Wirsching et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Comprehensive investigation in motor neuron disease is vital not to miss a treatable differential diagnosis. Neuroborreliosis should be considered during an ALS work-up. However, false-positive CSF results do occur, and thus, results should be interpreted carefully in context of all clinical test results.

Keywords: ALS mimic; El Escorial; motor neuron disease; muscle atrophy; neuroborreliosis.

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None of the authors has any conflict of interest to disclose.

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Figure 1
Excerpt from the electromyographic recording of the left first dorsal interosseous muscle. Fibrillations (arrows) and sporadic positive sharp waves (arrow heads) are seen
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