The Diagnosis and Treatment of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: A Case Report

Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a very rare type of chronic inflammatory disease of the brain. We report a case of a nine-year-old male patient who presented with seizures and cognitive impairment for six years. An MRI of the brain revealed significant cerebral hemiatrophy. The patient was on immunoglob...

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Autores principales: Jadhav, Swaragandha S, Dhok, Avinash P, Mitra, Kajal R, Ambhore, Ashish N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36843695
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34075
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author Jadhav, Swaragandha S
Dhok, Avinash P
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Ambhore, Ashish N
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description Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a very rare type of chronic inflammatory disease of the brain. We report a case of a nine-year-old male patient who presented with seizures and cognitive impairment for six years. An MRI of the brain revealed significant cerebral hemiatrophy. The patient was on immunoglobulin therapy. We also engage in a review of the existing literature on Rasmussen’s encephalitis.
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spelling pubmed-99446372023-02-23 The Diagnosis and Treatment of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: A Case Report Jadhav, Swaragandha S Dhok, Avinash P Mitra, Kajal R Ambhore, Ashish N Cureus Pediatrics Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a very rare type of chronic inflammatory disease of the brain. We report a case of a nine-year-old male patient who presented with seizures and cognitive impairment for six years. An MRI of the brain revealed significant cerebral hemiatrophy. The patient was on immunoglobulin therapy. We also engage in a review of the existing literature on Rasmussen’s encephalitis. Cureus 2023-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9944637/ /pubmed/36843695 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34075 Text en Copyright © 2023, Jadhav et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: A Case Report
title The Diagnosis and Treatment of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: A Case Report
title_full The Diagnosis and Treatment of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: A Case Report
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title_short The Diagnosis and Treatment of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944637/
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