title: St Louis encephalitis with particular involvement of the brain stem.
abstract: We report a case of St Louis encephalitis in a 4-year-old child in which the main clinical features were dominated by brain stem dysfunction. We document an drome and present a review. We also discuss St Louis encephalitis, with special attention to the ocular manifestations.
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004674:Encephalitis, St. Louis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000503:physiopathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000503:physiopathology