Rasmussen's Encephalitis: A Report of a Tunisian Pediatric Case and Literature Review

Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. It is characterized by unilateral hemispheric atrophy, pharmacoresistant focal seizures, and progressive neurological deficit. The exact etiopathogenesis still remains unknown. Brain imaging...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Klaa, Hedia, Ben Younes, Thouraya, Benrhouma, Hanene, Nagi, Sonia, Rouissi, Aida, Kraoua, Ichraf, Ben Youssef-Turki, Ilhem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7333059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6810237
Descripción
Sumario:Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. It is characterized by unilateral hemispheric atrophy, pharmacoresistant focal seizures, and progressive neurological deficit. The exact etiopathogenesis still remains unknown. Brain imaging plays an important role in diagnosis and follow-up. Fluctuation of lesions in brain imaging was reported in few cases. Herein, we report an additional pediatric case of Rasmussen encephalitis with fluctuating changes in brain MRI.

Ejemplares similares