Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare post-infectious neurological disease characterized by the association of external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, lower limb arreflexia, extensor plantar response and disturbance of consciousness (drowsiness, stupor or coma).

Neoplasm

An organ or organ-system abnormality that consists of uncontrolled autonomous cell-proliferation which can occur in any part of the body as a benign or malignant neoplasm (tumour).


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IVIG- responsive multiple cranial neuropathy: a pharyngo-facial variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Unal-Cevik I, Onal MZ, Odabasi Z, Tan E.
Acta Neurol Belg. 2009;109(4):317-21.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, stroke, diabetes mellitus, vasculitis, sarcoidosis, Sjogren's syndrome, Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome, trauma, infectious diseases, toxicity, neoplasm, facial onset sensory and motor neuronopathy (FOSMN) and other degenerative diseases were excluded.