The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2015 , Vol 57 , Num 5
A Presentation of Lyme Disease: Pseudotumor Cerebri.
Division of 1Pediatric Neurology, and 2Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, E-mail: fincecik@yahoo.com Received: 26 November 2014, Revised: 13 July 2015, Accepted: 20 October 2015 Şahin B, İncecik F, Hergüner MÖ, Alabaz D, Besen Ş. A presentation of lyme disease: pseudotumor cerebri. Turk Pediatr 2015; 57: 522-524.

Lyme disease is caused by a tick-transmitted spirochete, B. burgdorferi. It can present with both central and peripheral nervous system manifestations, including aseptic meningitis, meningoencephalitis, Bell’s palsy and other cranial neuropathies, radiculoneuritis, and myelitis. However, pseudotumor cerebri associated with Lyme disease is rare. Here, we report a eight-year-old girl with the unusual manifestation of pseudotumor cerebri associated Lyme disease. Keywords : pseudotumor cerebri, Lyme disease, children.

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