Baggio-Yoshinari Syndrome: case report

Authors

  • Marcos Daniel Saraiva Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Augusto Cezar Santomauro Junior Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Nathalia Pessoa de Barros Simis Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Jairo Degenszajn Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Elizabeth In Myung Kim Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2016.009

Keywords:

Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, Radiculopathy, Facial paralysis.

Abstract

Lyme disease is caused by the infection by different species of the genus Borrelia and transmitted by the bite of ticks of the Ixodidae family and its similar. It is responsible for systemic clinical manifestations such as skin and joints lesions, cardiac and neurologic symptoms. Since this disease presents peculiarities concerning the etiologic agent, transmission and diagnosis, and there are no conclusive reports in Brazil about
the occurrence of Lyme disease, with the same clinical and laboratory features as in the northern hemisphere, it has been chosen to change the nomenclature in Brazil for Baggio-Yoshinari Syndrome (BYS). It is analyzed in this report a case treated in the Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo who presented exclusively neurological manifestations of the BYS (radiculopathy, facial nerve palsy and cerebelar
envolvement) without skin or joint manifestations.

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Author Biographies

  • Marcos Daniel Saraiva, Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
    Departamento de Clínica Médica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Augusto Cezar Santomauro Junior, Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
    Departamento de Clínica Médica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Nathalia Pessoa de Barros Simis, Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
    Departamento de Clínica Médica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Jairo Degenszajn, Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
    Divisão de Clínica Médica do Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Elizabeth In Myung Kim, Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
    Divisão de Clínica Médica do Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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Published

2011-06-08

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Article / Clinical Case Report

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How to Cite

Saraiva, M. D., Junior, A. C. S., Simis, N. P. de B., Degenszajn, J., & Kim, E. I. M. (2011). Baggio-Yoshinari Syndrome: case report. Autopsy and Case Reports, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2016.009