PMID: 26329968Sep 4, 2015Paper

Bickerstaff's Brainstem Encephalitis - A Case Report

Mymensingh Medical Journal : MMJ
G K KunduS Sarkar

Abstract

A 11 years male child was presented with fever, headache, vertigo, repeated seizure for 8 days. He had also complains of hemiperesis of right side and impaired vision. On examination patient was drowsy and somnolent. Paralysis of circular muscles of eye ball, exaggerated deep reflexes, extensor planter reflexes and right sided ataxia were present. All routine investigations revealed normal findings except CSF showed slight pleocytosis. MRI of brain revealed hyper intensity of midbrain in left side. The diagnosis of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) was strongly suggested from the medical history, clinical examination, biochemical and radiological (MRI) findings of brain. The purpose of our report is to highlight this very rare disease to all.

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