A Case of Recurrent Bickerstaff's Brainstem Encephalitis with an Overlap of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
- Author:
Bong Gu KANG
1
;
Jeong Geun LIM
;
Kwang Duk KIM
;
Sung Il SOHN
;
Doo Kyo JUNG
;
Yong Won CHO
;
Hyung LEE
;
Sang Doe YI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Korea. nelim@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis;
Guillain-Barre syndrome
- MeSH:
Ataxia;
Brain Stem*;
Encephalitis*;
Female;
Guillain-Barre Syndrome*;
Humans;
Korea;
Ophthalmoplegia
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2002;20(5):561-563
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bickerstaff 's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is characterized by acute ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. Some patients with BBE show mental changes, pyramidal signs and sensory disturbance. A forty-three year old woman was diagnosed as BBE in 1996. In 2000, she admitted again with complaints of ataxia and ophthalmoplegia. She was diagnosed as recurrent BBE and an overlap of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). This is the first case of an overlap of BBE and GBS, as well as BBE in Korea.
