Brainstem encephalitis be is an uncommon condition. Enterovirus 71induced brainstem encephalitis and myelitis epos. Treatment for fisher syndrome, bickerstaffs brainstem encephalitis. A pediatric case of bickerstaffs brainstem encephalitis. Other patients may have mild to severe residual findings. Bickerstaffs brainstem encephalitis bbe is a rare neurological condition classically characterized by a constellation of signs and symptoms including acute ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and altered sensorium. An elderly patient with bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. Brainstem encephalitis be is a rare, severe, and potentially lifethreatening inflammation of the central nervous system. Case report bickerstaffs brainstem encephalitis sudan medical. Background bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis bbe is a rare inflammatory, demyelinating disease that generally has a good prognosis objective to describe the course of a patient with severe bbe and multiple medical complications design case report setting academic medical center patient an 81yearold woman with bbe who fully recovered. In the cases with bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, there was associated altered consciousness and in some, hyperreflexia, in support. Bickerstaffs brainstem encephalitis and fisher syndrome form a continuous spectrum. Review bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis and fisher.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis is a rare inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, first described by edwin bickerstaff in 1951. Review bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis and fisher syndrome. Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis and fisher syndrome. Clinical variants of guillainbarre syndrome in children. Rhombencephalitis, brainstem encephalitis, brain biopsy, autoimmune. Hiroaki okayasu,1 norio yasuifurukori,1 taro kadowaki,2 kei funakoshi,2 koichi hirata,2 kazutaka shimoda1 1department of psychiatry. Brainstem encephalitis has multiple etiologies, which vary in treatment. Bickerstaff s brain stem encephalitis shares many clinical features but also includes altered consciousness and signs of central nervous system inflammation. In the 1950s, bickerstaff and fisher independently described cases with a unique presentation of ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. Cases with abnormal ct and mr imaging within the brain stem have been reported 5,6,7. Since then, such a condition has been called bickerstaffs brainstem encephalitis bbe. The neurological features were typically preceded by an antecedent infection and the majority of patients made a spontaneous recovery.
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