Rasmussen＇s Encephalitis with Faciobrachial Dystonic Attacks and Bilateral Hemispheric Involvement

To the Editor： Rasmussen＇s encephalitis （RE） is a rare but devastating unihemispheric brain disorder, usually affecting children and characterized by intractable seizures and progressive neurological deficits Characteristic magnetic resonance imaging （MRI） finding of RE is progressive unihemispheric...

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Published inChinese medical journal Vol. 129; no. 2; pp. 248 - 249
Main Authors Chen, Jian-Hua, Jin, Li-Ri, Shi, Xiao-Hua, Yang, Di, Guo, Yi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 2016
Wolters Kluwer
Subjects
功能障碍
半球
张力
攻击
破坏性
磁共振成像
脑炎
脑疾病
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Summary:To the Editor： Rasmussen＇s encephalitis （RE） is a rare but devastating unihemispheric brain disorder, usually affecting children and characterized by intractable seizures and progressive neurological deficits Characteristic magnetic resonance imaging （MRI） finding of RE is progressive unihemispheric focal cortical atrophy. Bilateral RE is very uncommon. Here, we report an RE patient with faciobrachial dystonic attacks and bilateral brain atrophy but without seizures.
Bibliography:To the Editor： Rasmussen＇s encephalitis （RE） is a rare but devastating unihemispheric brain disorder, usually affecting children and characterized by intractable seizures and progressive neurological deficits Characteristic magnetic resonance imaging （MRI） finding of RE is progressive unihemispheric focal cortical atrophy. Bilateral RE is very uncommon. Here, we report an RE patient with faciobrachial dystonic attacks and bilateral brain atrophy but without seizures.
11-2154/R
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.4103/0366-6999.173554