Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis: A rare case
Simone Bruhn Rosendahl,
Pernille Ravn,
Anne-Mette Lebech,
Christian Peter Midtgaard Stenør
Affiliations
Simone Bruhn Rosendahl
Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark; Corresponding author.
Pernille Ravn
Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
Anne-Mette Lebech
Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Christian Peter Midtgaard Stenør
Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Encephalitis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a rare clinical manifestation of Lyme neuroborreliosis and only in few cases have brain parenchymal inflammation been documented. Here, we present a case of Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis with significant parenchymal inflammation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in an immunosuppressed patient.
