Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis in a 49-year-old diabetic Filipino male with burkholderia cepacia septicemia: A case report
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3703
Abstract: • Meropenem + methylprednisolone IV 1 gm/day for 3 days Improvement of symptoms was noted Case Presentation Figure 1. Noncontrast T2-weighted cranial MRI of the patient. 1A. On week 1 while the patient was… read more here.
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Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis: clinical, neurophysiological, laboratory and postmortem findings of a case presenting as encephalomyelitis
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245588
Abstract: Our patient was admitted to hospital with a 1-week history of an upper respiratory tract infection and a rapidly progressive encephalopathy dominated by brainstem features and widespread areflexia. Her antiganglioside antibodies and electroencephalography were consistent… read more here.
Keywords: brainstem; brainstem encephalitis; postmortem; bickerstaff brainstem ... See more keywords
Case report and literature review: A hiccup patient developed encephalitis and duodenal perforation
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DOI: 10.1177/13596535231161488
Abstract: Brainstem encephalitis is rare and this study aims to report the clinical course, imaging features, and therapeutic response of hiccup patient with gastric ulcer who developed brainstem encephalitis with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) detected in cerebrospinal… read more here.
Keywords: hiccup; brainstem encephalitis; duodenal perforation;
Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis Suspected as Functional Neurologic Disorders
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DOI: 10.2147/imcrj.s249818
Abstract: Abstract Functional neurologic disorders feature nervous system symptoms that cannot be explained by a neurological disease or other medical condition. The patient described here was a 21-year-old Japanese woman who was initially diagnosed with a… read more here.
Keywords: bickerstaff brainstem; brainstem encephalitis; encephalitis suspected; functional neurologic ... See more keywords
Case Report: Four Cases of Cortical/Brainstem Encephalitis Positive for Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Immunoglobulin G
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DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.775181
Abstract: Aim Despite a significant improvement in the number of studies on myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-immunoglobulin G (IgG)-associated disorder (MOGAD) over the past few years, MOG-IgG-associated cortical/brainstem encephalitis remains a relatively uncommon and less-reported presentation among… read more here.
Keywords: igg associated; brainstem encephalitis; myelin oligodendrocyte; oligodendrocyte glycoprotein ... See more keywords
A Hypopituitarism Patient with Bickerstaff's Brainstem Encephalitis Overlapped by Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Report
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.329589
Abstract: We present a rare case of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) overlapped with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which might be triggered by the patient's hypopituitarism condition. A 36-year-old woman with a history of hypopituitarism presented with a… read more here.
Keywords: bickerstaff brainstem; guillain barr; hypopituitarism; case ... See more keywords
Neurology Exams during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_816_20
Abstract: 1. Adam MK, Krespan K, Moster ML, Sergott RC. Simultaneous, bilateral ophthalmoplegia as the presenting sign of paediatric multiple sclerosis: Case report and discussion of the differential diagnosis. Neuroophthalmology 2014;38:230-7. 2. Koga M. Bickerstaff brainstem… read more here.
Keywords: bickerstaff; brainstem encephalitis; bickerstaff brainstem; neurology ... See more keywords