Open AccessRasmussen encephalitis with ipsilateral brain stem involvement in an adult patient
Author(s) -
Carlos Martínez Quesada,
Horst Urbach,
Christian E. Elger,
Christian G. Bien
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0648
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalitis , cognitive decline , disease , rare disease , neurology , pediatrics , lateralization of brain function , cognition , right hemisphere , epilepsy , viral encephalitis , pathology , dementia , psychiatry , immunology , audiology , virus
Rasmussen encephalitis is a rare unihemispheric inflammatory disease of the brain that leads to intractable seizures, cognitive decline and progressive neurological deficits associated with the affected hemisphere. It predominantly affects children, with the onset in adults having a milder course. Here the case of an adult woman with Rasmussen encephalitis responsive to immunosupression is reported.