MRI findings in a remitting-relapsing case of Bickerstaff encephalitis
- 27 February 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Neuroradiology
- Vol. 44 (5) , 411-414
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-001-0733-3
Abstract
A case of remitting-relapsing Bickerstaff encephalitis is reported. The article focuses on its imaging findings and their significance when a clinical differentiation between Bickerstaff encephalitis and Miller-Fisher syndrome is attempted. Signs and symptoms may occasionally overlap. However, because Miller-Fisher syndrome is related to the peripheral nervous system and Bickerstaff encephalitis is a central disease, the recognition of brain stem hypointense lesions on T1-weighted images, which are hyperintense on T2-weighted sequences, could be a reliable tool when the clinical diagnosis is unclear.Keywords
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