December 18, 2022

MRI Helps Identify Lyme Arthritis, Avoid Child Surgery Fourteen children underwent knee surgery for what doctors thought was septic arthritis—but all 14 actually had Lyme disease. Yen and colleagues examined whether MRI imaging could have prevented these unnecessary surgical procedures in pediatric patients with acute knee effusion. The study reviewed medical records and MRI scans […]

Lyme Disease Brachial Plexopathy: Arm Weakness and Radicular Pain Lyme disease brachial plexopathy can present as progressive arm weakness, neck pain, and shock-like pains radiating from the shoulders. A 76-year-old man developed left arm weakness following what he believed was a mosquito bite. He was initially treated for presumed cellulitis with temporary improvement. However, he