LYME-DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD PRESENTING AS B ILATERAL 7TH-CRANIAL NERVE PALSY, WITH ENHANCEMENT ON POST-CONTRAST MRI

We report a rare case of Lyme disease presenting as a bilateral sevent h cranial nerve palsy and meningitis, The MR appearance was an enhance ment of the internal auditory canal segment and mastoid segment of the seventh cranial nerve, in the absence of parenchymal lesions. One sho uld consider Lyme disease in the differential diagnosis of bilateral s eventh cranial nerve palsy with enhancement.