Relapsing-Remitting Severe Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis – Case Report and Literature Review

Relapsing-Remitting Severe Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis – Case Report and Literature Review

BACKGROUND Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a very rare disease of the central nervous system. Aetiology of the disease is auto-immunological. However, it is not entirely understood. Clinically BBE manifests in progressive ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and consciousness disturbances. Clinical symptoms are usually preceded by an unidentified infection of the upper respiratory tract. Usual...

Relapsing polychondritis: case report and literature review.

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare connective tissue disease which affects cartilaginous tissues of the nose, earlobes, respiratory tract, and joints, as well as proteoglycan-rich tissues including the media of the arteries, the conjunctiva and sclera of the eye. The disease is most common in patients aged 40-60 years. It may for a long time cause unspecific signs (fever, malaise), which m...

Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: A Case Report and Literature Review

Background/aim: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and debilitating inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that affects the myelinated axons in the CNS. Incomplete remissions occur more commonly with increasing duration of disease. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has various functions as an immune modulator via macrophage activation. Clinical trials of immunoglo...

Severe Overdose of Calcium Channel Blocker and Successful Management: A Literature Review and Case Report

Relapsing polychondritis: case report and review of the literature.

A 65-year-old man who experienced the acute onset of pain, redness, and swelling of his right ear was treated with antibiotics for erysipelas. Subsequently, the other ear and both eyes became inflammed. Relapsing polychondritis was diagnosed and treatment with prednisone was successful. Relapsing polychondritis, a rare multisystem disease, presents most commonly with auricular chondritis. Other...