Coma, tétraplégie flasque et cécité révélant un syndrome de Bickerstaff

Observation We report a patient aged 39 years native of Laos who presented weakness, loss of reflexes, and drowsiness. Brain MR showed hyperintense signals in the brain stem. GQ1b antibodies were positive. The course was characterized by decrease of the weakness, normalization of MR and negativity of GQ1b antibodies. This observation underlines common features of Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, Miller Fisher syndrome and Guillain Barre syndrome. A favorable course and GQ1b antibodies are shared by these syndromes.