BACKGROUND There are only few cases of renal pathology induced by Lyme borreliosis in the literature, as this damage is rare and uncommon in humans. This patient is the first case of minimal change glomerular disease associated with chronic Lyme borreliosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 65-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted for an acute edematous syndrome related to a nephrotic syndrome. Clinical e...

The subjects of papers in this conference session concerned recovery of the Lyme disease spirochete from patients, antibody responses and immunodiagnostic tests for Lyme disease, and immunochemical studies of Lyme disease spirochetes. During discussion, several general topics were addressed: (1) methods for detection of spirochetal antigens in synovial tissues, (2) evidence that antigens other ...

Lyme disease is a multi-system organ disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. Although ocular manifestations have been reported, these remain a rare feature of the disease. To our knowledge, the radiology literature has not documented orbital Lyme disease both before and after treatment. We present the MR imaging findings of florid Lyme disease affecting the extraocular muscles in a 46-year-old ...

Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted multisystem inflammatory disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. With more than 25,000 CDC reported cases annually, it has become the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. We report a case of 38-year-old man with Lyme disease presenting with simultaneous palsy of 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th cranial nerves.

Lyme disease is a relatively well-described infectious disease with multisystem manifestations. Because of confusion over conflicting reports, anxiety related to vulnerability to disease, and sensationalized and inaccurate lay media coverage, a new syndrome, "chronic Lyme disease," has become established. Chronic Lyme disease is the most recent in a continuing series of "medically unexplained s...

We report the MR appearance of a rare case of Lyme disease presenting as diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement in the absence of parenchymal lesions. In the appropriate clinical setting, one should consider Lyme disease in the differential diagnosis of meningeal enhancement.

Lyme disease is most prevalent in the northeast and upper Midwest regions of the United States. While early symptoms may be mild (eg, rash, flu-like symptoms, joint pain), late or persistent infection can cause chronic neurologic impairments. Because of this range of symptoms, physicians can have difficulty diagnosing Lyme disease, especially in the absence of erythema chronicum migrans. We rep...

BACKGROUND Neuropathic pain is a relatively common outcome of Lyme disease. Pain management options for these patients have been limited to pharmaceutical treatments. OBJECTIVE We present a case of chronic pain following Lyme disease treated successfully using spinal cord stimulation (SCS). STUDY DESIGN Case report. SETTING Pain management clinic. METHODS A 62-year-old patient presented...

The focus of this paper is on how popular representations of the countryside provide countryside users with a discursive framework to make sense of unfamiliar countryside-based risks, taking Lyme disease as an example. Sixty-six semi-structured interviews were conducted with 82 visitors in Richmond Park, New Forest, and Exmoor National Park in the UK. The data were analysed using thematic analy...