| rhombencephalitis: a series of 97 patients. | the term rhombencephalitis refers to inflammatory diseases affecting the hindbrain (brainstem and cerebellum). rhombencephalitis has a wide variety of etiologies, some of them potentially severe and life threatening without proper early treatment. in this retrospective observational study, we reviewed the records of consecutively hospitalized patients at university hospital of bellvitge (barcelona, spain) from january 1990 to december 2008. rhombencephalitis was defined as a brainstem and/or cer ... | 2011 | 21694648 |