Bannwarth's Syndrome and Lyme Disease in Finland

Abstract
Three patients with lymphocytic meningoradiculitis were admitted in 1983–84 to the Department of Neurology, University Central Hospital of Helsinki. Two patients had classical Bannwarth's meningoradiculitis with facial diplegia, and a third patient showed a migrating arthralgia and cardiac involvement compatible with a diagnosis of Lyme disease. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed initially in all patients a lymphocytic pleocytosis and increased protein with signs of intrathecal IgG synthesis.