title: Electrical status epilepticus "invisible" to surface EEG in late-onset Rasmussen encephalitis.
abstract: Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a chronic, progressive disease that typically occurs in childhood, rarely in adulthood. When it does occur in adulthood, it may be associated with atypical electro-clinical features, and neuroimaging alterations usually help diagnosis. Unlike childhood forms, in which epilepsia partialis continua is usually observed, the EEG pattern in adult variants may be aspecific. We describe a highly interesting case of late-onset RE in which an electrical status epilepticus was not detected by the surface EEG, but by a recording with subdural electrodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: Jinane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fattouch
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Bonaventura
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Gennaro
authors.forename: Pier Paolo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Quarato
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petrucci
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.forename: Massimilano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prencipe
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Anna Teresa
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Giallonardo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004566:Electrodes; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*