title: Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: a case report.
abstract: Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare diagnosis different from meningoencephalitis with ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and confusion. Less than 100 cases have been described in the literature. We described the fatal case of a 69-year-old man who presented a severe consciousness disorders, distal weakness in the four limbs, and the BBE triad a few days after his admission for pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Hôpital Nord, chemin des Bourrelys, 13915 Marseille, France. doudi3@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doudier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rovery
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feuillet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001259:Ataxia / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000473:pathology