نتایج جستجو برای: brainstem encephalitis
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In the 1950s, Bickerstaff and Fisher independently described cases with a unique presentation of ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. The neurological features were typically preceded by an antecedent infection and the majority of patients made a spontaneous recovery. In the cases with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, there was associated altered consciousness and in some, hyperreflexia, in support o...
BACKGROUND Pharyngeal-cervical-brachial weakness (PCB) is considered a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Because of its rarity, there have been no studies of large numbers of patients with PCB. OBJECTIVE To clarify the nosological classification of PCB. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Academic research. Patients Medical records were reviewed of patients who manifested progress...
767 ANTI–MA2-ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALITIS IS AN AUTOIMMUNE PARANEOPLASTIC DISORDER USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH TESTICULAR CANCER. PATIENTS PRESENT with symptoms of brainstem, limbic, and hypothalamic impairment, such as eye movement abnormalities, memory loss, and endocrine dysfunction.1 In addition, some patients may develop narcoleptic features such as hypersomnia and cataplexy due to hypocretin-1 def...
BACKGROUND Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) has been associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome in rare cases. Here we report a patient in whom PRES was the presenting manifestation of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis. CASE PRESENTATION A 75-year-old woman presented with acute onset of hypertension, headache, blurred vision, and left eyelid drooping. Magnetic resonance ima...
Among 249 patients with teratoma-associated encephalitis, 211 had N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies and 38 were negative for these antibodies. Whereas antibody-positive patients rarely developed prominent brainstem-cerebellar symptoms, 22 (58%) antibody-negative patients developed a brainstem-cerebellar syndrome, which in 45% occurred with opsoclonus. The median age of these patients was...
Herpes simplex encephalitis is a potentially fatal infection of central nervous system that typically involves frontal and temporal lobes. Occasionally, it presents an extratemporal involvement and in rarer cases, it is limited to the brainstem. We describe a case of an adolescent who presented with fever, sore throat, and vertigo. Clinical picture evolved to lethargy, tetraparesis, consciousne...
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