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An UpToDate review on Nervous system Lyme disease (Halperin, 2011) states that [s]ince Lyme encephalomyelitis is so rare, MRI of the brain and spine is only rarely abnormal in Lyme disease. When present, encephalomyelitis is evident on MRI as areas of increased signal on T2 and FLAIR sequences.
lyme disease facts lyme disease is a bacterial illness that is spread by tick bites lyme disease can affect the skin joints heart and the nervous system lyme disease occurs in phases with the early phase beginning at the site of the tick bite with an expanding ring of redness lyme disease is diagnosed based on the patient s clinical signs of illness and the detection of antibodies to the causative bacteria in the blood lyme disease is treated with antibiotics