title: Facial pain due to brainstem encephalitis. MRI confirmation of the lesion.
abstract: A 67-year-old woman developed central pain in the face with bilateral horizontal gaze palsy following brainstem encephalitis. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a lesion in the pontobulbar tegmental area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukutake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chikama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination