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Lyme arthritis

  • migratory polyarthritis
  • common in New England (named for Lyme, Conn.)
  • spirochete (Borrelia) transmitted by tick (Ixodes dammini)

  • joint effusion, esp. knee (may be only finding)
  • skin lesions: erythema chronicum migrans

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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