Neuro-Behcet disease with predominant involvement of the brainstem

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Mirsattari, SM
McGinn, GJ
Halliday, WC
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[1] Univ Western Ontario, London Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Clin Neurol Sci, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
[2] Univ Manitoba, Dept Radiol, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[3] Univ Toronto, Dept Pathol, Toronto, ON, Canada
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10.1212/01.WNL.0000130192.12100.8D
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We report a patient with relapsing-remitting meningoencephalitis secondary to neuro-Behcet disease which resulted in recurrent brainstem encephalitis. MRI revealed increased signal intensity on the proton density and T2-weighted images and gadolinium enhancement during relapses. Autopsy revealed acute on chronic meningoencephalomyelitis involving the entire CNS, which was most marked in the brainstem.
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