Borrelia lusitaniae infection mimicking headache, neurologic deficits, and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis

Vieira, J.P.; Brito, M.J.; Lopes de Carvalho, I.

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Vieira, J.P.

Brito, M.J.

Lopes de Carvalho, I.

Abstract(s)

Headache with neurologic deficits and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL) is a rare headache syndrome included in the Classification of Headache of the International Headache Society as a “headache attributed to non-infectious inflammatory intracranial disease.” We report one 15-year-old patient with clinical history and cerebrospinal fluid findings compatible with the diagnosis of HaNDL in whom Borrelia lusitaniae was identified in cerebrospinal fluid by polymerase chain reaction.