A Special Case of Relapsing–Remitting Bilateral Encephalitis: Without Epilepsy, but Responding to Rituximab and with a Brain Biopsy Coinciding with Rasmussen Encephalitis

A Special Case of Relapsing–Remitting Bilateral Encephalitis: Without Epilepsy, but Responding to Rituximab and with a Brain Biopsy Coinciding with Rasmussen Encephalitis

A nine-year-old boy manifested with headache, progressive mild cognitive decline and hemiparesis, but without clinical epileptic seizures (with abnormal EEG waves). Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed bilateral cortical lesions mainly on the right hemisphere, and new lesions developed in f...

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Main Authors: Pei Liu, Xuemei Lin, Shenghua Zong, Yan Yan, Zhongzhong Liu, Qingli Lu, Qiaoqiao Chang, Songdi Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
relapsing–remitting bilateral encephalitis
Rasmussen encephalitis
encephalomalacia
brain biopsy
rituximab
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/1/17

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