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- Title
Lyme neuroborreliosis as a cause of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and facial palsy.
- Authors
Nitro, Letizia; Martino, Barbara; Fuccillo, Emanuela; Felisati, Giovanni; Saibene, Alberto Maria
- Abstract
We present a case of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and rapidly progressive facial palsy in a female patient in her 40s with no, apparently, notable past medical or surgical history. Investigations revealed a positive serology for B. burgdoferi and the MRI allowed us to identify suggestive signs of Lyme meningitis with multiple cranial nerve involvement. After diagnosis, the patient was treated with intravenous ceftriaxone with a full recovery of sensorineural deafness and facial palsy. This case report highlights the importance of collecting a complete medical history in all cases of facial palsy and sudden hearing loss while presenting an infrequent clinical presentation of early disseminated Lyme disease with neuroborreliosis.
- Subjects
SENSORINEURAL hearing loss; LYME neuroborreliosis; LYME disease; FACIAL paralysis; PROGRESSIVE supranuclear palsy; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.6412