Cutaneous lesions in ixodal tick-borreliosis (Lyme disease)

The review article is devoted to the description of clinical manifestations of cutaneous lesions in ixodes tick-borreliosis (Lyme disease) at different stages of the disease. A detailed clinical, pathogenetic and morphological characterization of such lesions as erythema migrans, multiple erythema migrans, borreliosis skin lymphocytoma, chronic atrophic acrodermatitis is given. Several other skin lesions that could possibly be associated with ixode tick borreliosis are also discussed. The authors note with which diseases it is necessary to make a differential diagnosis of the skin lesions under consideration, and characterize the key principles of diagnosis. Key words: ixode tick-borreliosis, Lyme disease, skin lesions, erythema migrans, multiple erythema migrans, borreliosis lymphocytoma, chronic atrophic acrodermatitis