PROGNOSIS OF FACIAL PALSY IN BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI MENINGOPOLYRADICULONEURITIS

Authors
ANGERER M PFADENHAUER K STOHR M
Citation
M. Angerer et al., PROGNOSIS OF FACIAL PALSY IN BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI MENINGOPOLYRADICULONEURITIS, Journal of neurology, 240(5), 1993, pp. 319-321
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03405354
Volume
240
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
319 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-5354(1993)240:5<319:POFPIB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Out of 72 patients treated for Borrelia burgdorferi meningopolyradicul oneuritis facial palsies occurred in 22 (12 unilateral, 10 bilateral). Eleven of the 32 pareses were initially complete. By the follow-up ex amination patients had recovered well with slight sequelae in 22% with out cosmetically disfiguring pareses or synkinesias. Electrophysiologi cal studies revealed axonal damage of the nerve as the underlying mech anism.