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. 2021 Oct;11(4):370-372.
doi: 10.1177/1941874421993671. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Imaging Presentation of Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis

Nicola Romano  1 , Margherita Federici  1 , Antonio Castaldi  1
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Imaging Presentation of Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis

Nicola Romano et al. Neurohospitalist. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: brain lesion; magnetic resonance imaging; neuroradiology; ophthalmoplegia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
38-year-old man with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. MRI at 1.5 T showed a small central lesion of the midbrain, hyperintense on FLAIR (A) and T2-WI (B), and hypointense on T1-WI (C). The lesion was characterized by peripheral restriction of the diffusion (DWI b=1000 s/mm2) (D) and contrast-enhancement on post-gadolinium T1-WI (E).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
38-year-old man with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis—1-year follow-up. MRI at 1.5 T demonstrated a regression of the midbrain lesion that appeared slightly hyperintense on FLAIR (A) and T2-WI (B), and hypointense on T1-WI (C). Restriction of the diffusion (DWI b = 1000 s/mm2) (D) and contrast-enhancement on post-gadolinium T1-WI (E) were not present.
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