Rasmussen encephalitis associated with Parry-Romberg syndrome.
Parry-Romberg syndrome is a rare disorder associated with unilateral facial atrophy involving skin, subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, and bone. Occasionally, there is CNS involvement with epilepsy being the most common CNS manifestation. The authors report a child with Parry-Romberg syndrome with a course strongly suggestive of Rasmussen encephalitis. The boy underwent hemispherectomy, and pathology showed the typical findings of Rasmussen encephalitis, suggesting that these two conditions may share common etiologic factors.
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Department of Neurology, Harper University Hospital, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. jshah@med.wayne.edu
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D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017036:Epilepsia Partialis Continua / Q000209:etiology; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005911:Gliosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18