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

作者信息

Klaa Hedia, Ben Younes Thouraya, Benrhouma Hanene, Nagi Sonia, Rouissi Aida, Kraoua Ichraf, Ben Youssef-Turki Ilhem

机构信息

Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Research Laboratory LR18SP04, National Institute Mongi Ben Hmida of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia.

University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis 1007, Tunisia.

出版信息

Case Rep Neurol Med. 2020 Jun 24;2020:6810237. doi: 10.1155/2020/6810237. eCollection 2020.

DOI:10.1155/2020/6810237

PMID:32670646

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7333059/

Abstract

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.

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