Vasogenic edema in Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: a serial MRI study

Neurology. 2003 Sep 23;61(6):836-8. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000085864.70923.5d.

Abstract

The authors report serial MRI of a patient with Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE), disclosing caudal migration of an initial upper midbrain lesion. High apparent diffusion coefficient values imply a vasogenic rather than cytotoxic edema as the cause of the hyperintense signal changes on T2-weighted images.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Edema / diagnosis
  • Brain Edema / etiology*
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • Brain Stem / pathology*
  • Consciousness Disorders / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dysarthria / etiology
  • Encephalitis / complications*
  • Encephalitis / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis / pathology
  • Gait Ataxia / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Mesencephalon / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Miller Fisher Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Ophthalmoplegia / etiology