Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset
We describe the case of a 21 year old woman that presented for epilepsia partialis continua syndrome that she had been having in the last 8 months. Slight diminished speech fluency, cortical discriminative sensibility impairment and neuroradiological features of hemispheric atrophy pointed to the di...
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| description | We describe the case of a 21 year old woman that presented for epilepsia partialis continua syndrome that she had been having in the last 8 months. Slight diminished speech fluency, cortical discriminative sensibility impairment and neuroradiological features of hemispheric atrophy pointed to the diagnosis of Rasmussen Encephalitis. We highlight an unusual prolonged interval between the first focal seizures and the onset of the suggesting clinical picture, that consisting an evidence for the clinical variability of this disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ac285669f994552ba734561fb9545b32022-12-22T02:24:28ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Neurology1843-81482069-60942011-06-01102989910.37897/RJN.2011.2.7Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onsetAlexandra Comanescu0Monica Sabau1University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania; Department of Neurology, Emergency County Hospital, Oradea, RomaniaUniversity of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania; Department of Neurology, Emergency County Hospital, Oradea, RomaniaWe describe the case of a 21 year old woman that presented for epilepsia partialis continua syndrome that she had been having in the last 8 months. Slight diminished speech fluency, cortical discriminative sensibility impairment and neuroradiological features of hemispheric atrophy pointed to the diagnosis of Rasmussen Encephalitis. We highlight an unusual prolonged interval between the first focal seizures and the onset of the suggesting clinical picture, that consisting an evidence for the clinical variability of this disease.https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2011.2/RJN_2011_2_Art-07.pdfepilepsia partialis continuarasmussen encephalitisfocal encephalitis |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra Comanescu Monica Sabau Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset Romanian Journal of Neurology epilepsia partialis continua rasmussen encephalitis focal encephalitis |
| title | Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset |
| title_full | Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset |
| title_fullStr | Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset |
| title_full_unstemmed | Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset |
| title_short | Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset |
| title_sort | late exacerbation of rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset |
| topic | epilepsia partialis continua rasmussen encephalitis focal encephalitis |
| url | https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2011.2/RJN_2011_2_Art-07.pdf |
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