TY - JOUR

T1 - Tick-borne encefalitis-associeret meningoradikuloneuritis erhvervet ved Esbjerg

AU - Laugesen, Nicolaj Grønbæk

AU - Stenør, Christian

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - This is a case report of a 68-year-old woman, who developed malaise after an insect bite. Symptoms subsided, and over weeks progressing difficulty with walking, ataxia and universal areflexia developed. A lumbar puncture showed mononuclear pleocytosis and moderately raised protein levels with no detected viral agents. An MRI of the spinal cord showed leptomeningeal contrast attenuation distally. Serum samples were positive for anti-tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) IgM-antibodies, but not IgG, and showed seroconversion. TBE is endemic in areas of Central Europe and Scandinavia but has earlier only been shown in the eastern part of Denmark.

AB - This is a case report of a 68-year-old woman, who developed malaise after an insect bite. Symptoms subsided, and over weeks progressing difficulty with walking, ataxia and universal areflexia developed. A lumbar puncture showed mononuclear pleocytosis and moderately raised protein levels with no detected viral agents. An MRI of the spinal cord showed leptomeningeal contrast attenuation distally. Serum samples were positive for anti-tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) IgM-antibodies, but not IgG, and showed seroconversion. TBE is endemic in areas of Central Europe and Scandinavia but has earlier only been shown in the eastern part of Denmark.

KW - Aged

KW - Denmark

KW - Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne

KW - Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/diagnosis

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Serologic Tests

M3 - Letter

C2 - 31267941

VL - 181

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

SN - 0041-5782

M1 - V03190197

ER -