Symmetrical Cervical Muscle Uptake of Ga-67 in Lyme Disease

摘要

An unfortunate dermal exposure to an Ixodes tick infected with the spirocheteBorrelia burgdorfericauses the multifaceted Lyme disease. Patients with Lyme disease have dermatologic, arthritic, neurologic, and cardiac abnormalities. Also, symptoms secondary to musculoskeletal inflammation may be present. A case of a 28-year-old man who presented with flu-like symptoms and neck pain is presented. A Ga-67 scan revealed marked symmetric increased posterior cervical muscular uptake in the distribution of the splenius capitls and semispinalls muscles, which is most likely due to inflammation secondary to spirochete organisms within these tissues.