A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging

Relatively rare, Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease conditioning a single cerebral hemisphere. It is a progressive pathology with different stages clinically and on MRI. Therefore, imaging has an important role in evoking the diagnosis and also excluding other possible etiologi...

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Main Authors: El Harras Yahya MD, Laasri Khadija MD, Bahlouli Nourrelhouda MD, Allali Nazik  PhD, Chat Latifa PhD, El Haddad Siham PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-11-01
Series:Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214084
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author El Harras Yahya MD
Laasri Khadija MD
Bahlouli Nourrelhouda MD
Allali Nazik  PhD
Chat Latifa PhD
El Haddad Siham PhD
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description Relatively rare, Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease conditioning a single cerebral hemisphere. It is a progressive pathology with different stages clinically and on MRI. Therefore, imaging has an important role in evoking the diagnosis and also excluding other possible etiologies. We report a case of Rasmussen encephalitis with 2 different stages on MRI and also provide a review of the role of imaging in diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, and stages of this pathology.
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spelling doaj.art-d8aeda26ba7048b1a1eb884576c9fcd82023-11-29T11:04:42ZengSAGE PublishingGlobal Pediatric Health2333-794X2023-11-011010.1177/2333794X231214084A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of ImagingEl Harras Yahya MD0Laasri Khadija MD1Bahlouli Nourrelhouda MD2Allali Nazik  PhD3Chat Latifa PhD4El Haddad Siham PhD5University Mohammed V, Rabat, MorroccoUniversity Mohammed V, Rabat, MorroccoUniversity Mohammed V, Rabat, MorroccoUniversity Mohammed V, Rabat, MorroccoUniversity Mohammed V, Rabat, MorroccoUniversity Mohammed V, Rabat, MorroccoRelatively rare, Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease conditioning a single cerebral hemisphere. It is a progressive pathology with different stages clinically and on MRI. Therefore, imaging has an important role in evoking the diagnosis and also excluding other possible etiologies. We report a case of Rasmussen encephalitis with 2 different stages on MRI and also provide a review of the role of imaging in diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, and stages of this pathology.https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214084
spellingShingle El Harras Yahya MD
Laasri Khadija MD
Bahlouli Nourrelhouda MD
Allali Nazik  PhD
Chat Latifa PhD
El Haddad Siham PhD
A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
Global Pediatric Health
title A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
title_full A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
title_fullStr A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
title_full_unstemmed A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
title_short A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
title_sort case report of rasmussen encephalitis and its stages the important role of imaging
url https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214084
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