Case Report of Rasmussen's Encephalitis With a Decade of Refractory Epilepsy and Hemispheric Atrophy [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsRasmussen'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.
Sajjad Al‐Badri +7 more
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MRI and pathology comparisons in Rasmussen's encephalitis: a multi-institutional examination of hemispherotomy outcomes relative to imaging and histological severity. [PDF]
Childs Nerv SystPURPOSE: Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a very rare chronic neurological disorder of unilateral inflammation of the cerebral cortex. Hemispherotomy provides the best chance at achieving seizure freedom in RE patients, but with significant risks and ...
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Hemispherectomy for dominant hemisphere Rasmussen’s Encephalitis − how late is too late? [PDF]
Epilepsy & Behavior ReportsIt is unclear whether a dominant hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy in someone with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (RE) may produce a satisfactory outcome when performed over the age of 40 years.
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A Case Series of Adult-Onset Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2017 Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by progressive cerebral hemiatrophy and medically refractory epilepsy. The majority of current literature on this topic is focused on the pediatric population. In this case series,
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Pregnancy and delivery after functional hemispherectomy for Rasmussen’s encephalitis: a case report [PDF]
BMC NeurologyBackground Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by progressive seizures and unilateral cerebral atrophy with onset during childhood and unknown etiology. When medical therapy appears refractory, surgical disconnection
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Rasmussen's encephalitis: A case report. [PDF]
Australas Med J, 2015 Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare neurological disorder of inflammatory aetiology characterised by encephalitis, intractable seizures, hemiparesis, variable motor deficits, and dementia.
Vimal J, Nagarajan R, Sriram D.
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Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2022 Few case studies of atypical presentation of pediatric Rasmussen's encephalitis (PRE) have been reported, but none of them described the emergence of super-refractory status epilepticus.
Vaibhav Rajendra Suryawanshi +3 more
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Brain-responsive neurostimulation in adult-onset rasmussen's encephalitis
Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2021 Epilepsy associated with Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is highly resistant to standard therapy and continues to present a therapeutic challenge. While epilepsy surgery remains the most effective management for patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy ...
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Right Peri-insular Hemispherotomy: 2-dimensional operative video
Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2022 This is a surgical technique video of a right peri-insular hemispherotomy in a child with Rasmussen’s encephalitis. The patient is a 5-year-old boy with focal onset impaired awareness seizures started 6 months before surgery, developing different ...
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Innate and adaptive immunity in human epilepsies [PDF]
, 2017 Inflammatory mechanisms have been increasingly implicated in the origin of seizures and epilepsy. These mechanisms are involved in the genesis of encephalitides in which seizures are a common complaint.
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