Acute arthritis of the right temporomandibular joint due to Lyme disease: a case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Christina Weise (Author), Matthias C. Schulz (Author), Karin Frank (Author), Marcel Cetindis (Author), Bernd Koos (Author), Hannes Weise (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lyme disease is the most frequent tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. It often presents with a wide variety of symptoms. For this reason, affection of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) caused by Lyme disease (LD) can be misdiagnosed as a common temporomandibular disorder (TM...