Nitro Letizia, Martino Barbara, Fuccillo Emanuela, Felisati Giovanni, Saibene Alberto Maria
Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy.
Clin Case Rep. 2022 Oct 11;10(10):e6412. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6412. eCollection 2022 Oct.
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 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.
我们报告了一例40多岁的女性患者,突发感音神经性听力损失并伴有快速进展的面神经麻痹,该患者既往无明显的重要病史或手术史。检查发现血清学检测呈阳性,MRI使我们能够识别出莱姆脑膜炎伴多组颅神经受累的提示性征象。诊断后,患者接受了静脉注射头孢曲松治疗,感音神经性耳聋和面神经麻痹完全恢复。本病例报告强调了在所有面神经麻痹和突发听力损失病例中收集完整病史的重要性,同时展示了早期播散性莱姆病伴神经型疏螺旋体病这种罕见的临床表现。