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Title: | Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: Can it recur? | Authors: | Sharma, V. Chan, Y.C. Ong Teoh, H.L. Wilder-Smith, E.P. |
Keywords: | Bickerstaff's brain-stem encephalitis Guillain-Barré syndrome Miller Fisher syndrome |
Issue Date: | 2006 | Citation: | Sharma, V., Chan, Y.C., Ong, Teoh, H.L., Wilder-Smith, E.P. (2006). Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: Can it recur?. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 13 (2) : 277-279. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2005.01.011 | Abstract: | Bickerstaff's brain-stem encephalitis is usually a monophasic post-viral inflammatory illness characterized by progressive ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and disturbance of consciousness (or hyper-reflexia). Since the clinical spectrum of Bickerstaff encephalitis may overlap with the Miller-Fisher and Guillain-Barré syndromes, the presence of anti- GQ1b antibodies and abnormal brain MRI can help to support its diagnosis. However, absence of anti-GQ1b antibodies and normal MRI do not exclude the diagnosis, which remains based on clinical criteria and exclusion of other etiologies. We report a case of recurrent Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis with no identifiable antecedent illness, and overlapping features of Miller Fisher and Guillain-Barré syndromes, in the presence of negative anti-GQ1b antibodies and repeatedly normal MRI of the brain. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/26771 | ISSN: | 09675868 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.01.011 |
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