Observational studyJournal of neurology2021
Brainstem encephalitis in neuroborreliosis: typical clinical course and distinct MRI findings.
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- Late Lyme neuroborreliosis encephalomyelitis with distinct MRI features-a case report and systematic literature review.Journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Lyme neuroborreliosis as a cause of acute ischemic stroke: A case report.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Lyme Neuroborreliosis With Acute Encephalopathy Despite Early Antibiotic Therapy: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Findings on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroborreliosis-A Nationwide Cohort Study.European journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Experience of a Romanian Lyme Borreliosis Centre in the Multidisciplinary Management of Patients Evaluated for Suspected Lyme Neuroborreliosis.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Neuroborreliosis with encephalitis: a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Are white matter hyperintensities associated with neuroborreliosis? The answer is twofold.Neuroradiology · 2025Article
- Spectrum of MRI findings in central nervous system affection in Lyme neuroborreliosis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- MRI-Based Machine Learning Fusion Models to Distinguish Encephalitis and Gliomas.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2024Article
- Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes of the central nervous system: a single institution 7-year case series.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Neuroborreliosis: Unusual clinical presentation and imaging features.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceArticle
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Abstract
objectiveIn this retrospective observational study and referring to a historical case presented in 2009, we searched for typical clinical and imaging features of brainstem encephalitis in neuroborreliosis.
methodsIn addition to the historical case we describe five affected patients.
resultsAll patients had a very similar prolonged clinical course with unspecific symptoms such as wasting, fatigue and headache. Brainstem signs were irregularly observed. MRI showed symmetrical brainstem alterations in all patients. In coronary FLAIR imaging these changes formed a figure resembling a Philippine tarsier.
conclusionsA subset of patients with neuroborreliosis develops a brainstem encephalitis with a typical clinical course and distinct MRI findings.
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