%0 Case Reports
%T [Bilateral facial palsy: an atypical presentation of Lyme disease (a case report)].
%A Collignon S
%A Coenen F
%A Mols P
%A Chauvin C
%A Ngatchou W
%J Pan Afr Med J
%V 47
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38974695
暂无%R 10.11604/pamj.2024.47.156.43116
%X Lyme neuroborreliosis is a rare zoonosis which can be difficult to diagnose, in particular in low endemic areas. We here report the case of a 35-year-old man presenting with disabling back pain preceded by facial monoplegia, which was wrongly treated as Bell's palsy (paralysis a frigore) and then as post-traumatic lumbosciatica. The onset of facial diplegia allowed for a definitive diagnosis. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone and symptoms gradually improved.