Disseminated Marginal Zone Lymphoma in a Patient with Lyme Neuroborreliosis: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lyme borreliosis has been associated with lymphoma, particularly cutaneous lymphomas. The literature is conflicted regarding the effect of antibiotic therapy in cutaneous marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs) in individuals with Lyme borreliosis. We present a patient diagnosed with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) and disseminated MZL.

Case presentation

A 67-year-old man was seen due to 6 weeks of neuropathic pain with nightly worsening, headache, and 5 kg weight loss. Two weeks prior to symptom debut, he had a tick bite in the left groin, no subsequent rash. A lumbar puncture revealed mononuclear pleocytosis and elevated CSF protein. The patient was admitted and started on ceftriaxone. The Borrelia burgdorferi intrathecal test showed intrathecally produced Borrel

SUBMITTER: Weisbjerg DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11810129 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature