Lyme Disease & Aneurysms

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On INtracranial Aneurysms & Lyme- & Coronary Aneurysms & Lyme-
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Intracranial-

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9598680?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsP anel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

EXCERPT:

CONCLUSIONS:

Cerebral lymphocytic vasculitis and intracranial aneurysms may be associated with B burgdorferi infection.

It is suggested that inflammatory changes caused by B burgdorferi in vessel walls may be a pathogenetic mechanism for the formation of aneurysms.


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Coronary-

Coronary aneurysm in Lyme Disease: Treatment by covered stent.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17692941?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsP anel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

and also

Coronary artery aneurysm in two patients with long-standing Lyme borreliosis. Borreliosis Study Group.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7968011?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsP anel.Pubmed_RVDocSum