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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul 30:2014:bcr2014205336.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205336.

Bickerstaff's encephalitis

Emma Horton  1 , Sanjay Krishnamoorthy  2 , Lucy Reynolds  3
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Case Reports

Bickerstaff's encephalitis

Emma Horton et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis is a rare syndrome defined by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and decreased consciousness. It is considered to be a variant of Miller Fisher syndrome and Guillain-Barré syndrome but is differentiated from the two by the presence of central nervous system involvement, commonly in the form of impaired consciousness. We present an unusual case of Bickerstaff's encephalitis, where the patient presented with pseudobulbar affect.

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