ABSTRACT
The characteristics of 15 patients with Lyme disease have been retrospectively reviewed; 12 patients had lymphocytic meningitis with mono or polyradiculitis including facial neuritis; 5 patients had mono or oligo-arthritis; 4 patients had inflammatory enthesopathy-like complaints which were the only expression of the disease in 2 of them. All the patients received antibiotic treatment. A dramatic clinical improvement was noted in all patients within four days. A rapid response to treatment seems to be a useful diagnostic criteria which could be added to the recognized ones, i.e., clinical manifestations or significant rise of antibody titres.
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Lyme Disease/complications , Radiculopathy/etiology , Rheumatic Diseases/etiology , Acute Disease , Adult , Aged , Arthritis/etiology , Chronic Disease , Female , Humans , Male , Meningitis/etiology , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Tendinopathy/etiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The authors have reviewed 268 cases of herniated lumbar discs treated by chemonucleolysis between 1980 and 1984. 52 patients had a laminectomy (19,40 p. 100) and 18 of theses failures were due to a large disc herniation (34,61 p. 100). The result of the surgical treatment after chemonucleolysis failure was good in 67,30 p. 100 of cases. A chymopapain injection is not indicated in patients with a large disc herniation.