Case Report of Rasmussen's Encephalitis With a Decade of Refractory Epilepsy and Hemispheric Atrophy
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare, chronic inflammatory neurological disorder affecting one cerebral hemisphere and presenting with drug‐resistant epilepsy, progressive hemiparesis, and cognitive decline. This case report describes the clinical course and management of a 21‐year‐old patient with refractory epilepsy and progressive ...
Sajjad Al‐Badri +7 more
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Low pressure traumatic epidural hematoma in a child with a prior hemispherectomy: Case report
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2015 A 2½-year-old male child with a prior history of a left anatomic hemispherectomy to treat refractory epilepsy fell down two steps, striking his head on the ipsilateral side of the hemispherectomy. He presented with non-consolable crying and emesis.
Fassil B Mesfin +2 more
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Presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of medically refractory epilepsy [PDF]
, 2018 Thanks to today's modern imaging examination techniques and especially to the common use of intracranial electrodes for localizing seizure foci, more and more patients with partial epilepsy can be treated microsurgically.
Siegel, Adrian
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Dyke‐Davidoff‐Masson Syndrome: A Case of Unilateral Cerebral Atrophy and Seizure Disorder
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Dyke‐Davidoff‐Masson syndrome (DDMS) is an infrequently occurring neurological entity characterized by cerebral hemiatrophy and a collection of cognitive, motor and seizure‐related symptoms. We describe the case of an 18‐year‐old male with a long‐standing history of generalized tonic–clonic seizures following a significant fall at the age of 4.
Wasfa Shafiq +7 more
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Clinical and EEG characteristics of Rasmussen encephalitis in different age groups
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2020 Objective To summarize the clinical and EEG features of patients with different ages of Rasmussen encephalitis to evaluate the efficacy of different surgical methods.
Zhao⁃fen YAN +6 more
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Adaptive Neuroplastic Responses in Early and Late Hemispherectomized Monkeys
Neural Plasticity, 2012 Behavioural recovery in children who undergo medically required hemispherectomy showcase the remarkable ability of the cerebral cortex to adapt and reorganize following insult early in life.
Mark W. Burke, Ron Kupers, Maurice Ptito
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Neurological rehabilitation for a patient with chronic Rasmussen encephalitis: a case report
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2021 Rasmussen encephalitis is a rare disease consisting of a chronic, slowly progressive inflammatory reaction of brain tissues. The objective of this study was to describe the case of an 18-year-old female patient, studying on the fourth grade of elementary
Nariana Mattos Figueiredo Sousa +2 more
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Review of rehabilitation and habilitation strategies for children and young people with homonymous visual field loss caused by cerebral vision impairment [PDF]
, 2017 Partial and homonymous visual field loss (HVFL) is a common consequence of post-chiasmatic injury to the primary visual pathway or injury to the primary visual cortex.
Boggio P. +10 more
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Adult-onset Rasmussen's Syndrome with associated cortical dysplasia
Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2019 We describe a 23-year-old woman with previous right temporal lobe surgeries for underlying cortical dysplasia, presenting with drug-resistant right hemispheric seizures and epilepsia partialis continua (EPC).
C. Ákos Szabó +7 more
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Treatment of pediatric epilepsy
Pediatric Investigation, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 86-100, February 2026.Anti‐seizure medications are the first‐line treatment for the vast majority of children with epilepsy, with the advantages of non‐invasive wide adaptability. Surgery is the main treatment for drug‐resistant epilepsy and lesion‐related epilepsy, which can cure some cases of epilepsy in children. A ketogenic diet is often an add‐on therapy.
Junxiao Li +8 more
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