Acute transverse myelitis in a child with Lyme disease and a review of literature.

Pediatr Neurol

Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.

Published: April 2013

Acute transverse myelitis is a rare Borellia burgdorferi-related neurologic complication in childhood. We present a 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis associated with a borreliosis infection. We also review clinical features in all five cases of Borellia burgdorferi-related transverse myelitis in children. We describe here the sixth child with borreliosis-related transverse myelitis.

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