{"id":103,"date":"2018-10-04T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/2018\/10\/04\/imaging-lyme-neuroborreliosis\/"},"modified":"2018-10-04T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T07:00:23","slug":"imaging-lyme-neuroborreliosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-lyme-neuroborreliosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaging in Lyme neuroborreliosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a tick-borne spirochetal infection with a broad spectrum of imaging pathology and it should be considered among differential diagnoses when clinical manifestations from the nervous system occur. Imaging is used to rule out other reasons for the neurological symptoms and it is, therefore, important to know the diversity of possible imaging findings from the infection itself. This article aims to educate those engaged in imaging of the nervous system and to serve as a comprehensive tool in clinical cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13244-018-0646-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imaging in Lyme neuroborreliosis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors: <\/strong>Elisabeth S. Lindland, Anne Marit Solheim, Silje Andreassen, Else Quist-Paulsen, Randi Eikeland, Unn Lj\u00f8stad, \u00c5se Mygland, Ahmed Elsais, Gro O. Nygaard, \u00c5slaug R. Lorentzen, Hanne F. Harbo and Mona K. Beyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a tick-borne spirochetal infection with a broad spectrum of imaging pathology and it should be considered among differential diagnoses when clinical manifestations from the nervous system occur. 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