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Simultaneous involvement of third and sixth cranial nerve in a patient with Lyme disease.

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We report a 57-year-old woman with neuroborreliosis presenting with headache, shoulder muscle pain and double vision. MRI demonstrated enhancement of the right third and sixth cranial nerves. A 3D MP-RAGE sequence was used to perform multiplanar reformations to show this more graphically. The patient was free of symptoms 1 month after completion of therapy, when thickening and contrast enhancement of the nerves were less pronounced.

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 , Erlangen, Germany

    M. Lell, A. Schmid & B. F. Tomandl

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 , Erlangen, Germany

    B. Stemper, C. Maihöfner & J. G. Heckmann

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Lell, M., Schmid, A., Stemper, B. et al. Simultaneous involvement of third and sixth cranial nerve in a patient with Lyme disease.. Neuroradiology 45, 85–87 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-002-0904-x

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