LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS DISGUISED AS NORMAL-PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS

Authors
DANEK A UTTNER I YOUSRY T PFISTER HW
Citation
A. Danek et al., LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS DISGUISED AS NORMAL-PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS, Neurology, 46(6), 1996, pp. 1743-1745
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
46
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1743 - 1745
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)46:6<1743:LNDANH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 74-year-old woman presented with gait impairment, urinary incontinen ce, and dementia. She showed lymphocytic CSF pleocytosis and pronounce d intrathecal Borrelia burgdorferi antibody production, indicating act ive Lyme neuroborreliosis. The syndrome of normal-pressure hydrocephal us (NPH) fully remitted after ceftriaxone treatment. Lyme neuroborreli osis may cause NPH by interfering with subarachnoid CSF flow.