title: Atypical Rasmussen's encephalitis treated with temporal lobectomy.
abstract: Rasmussen's encephalitis is characterized by seizures, progressive neurological deterioration and chronic inflammation of the brain. It typically presents in childhood and requires anatomic or functional hemispherectomy for seizure control. Here, we report an adult woman who presented with new onset, medically refractory seizures that were not progressive. The patient underwent a right anterior temporal lobectomy. The pathologic samples were consistent with Rasmussen's encephalitis. The patient remained seizure free until her last follow-up at 2 years. This is an example of unique adult onset Rasmussen's encephalitis, suggesting that this encephalitis represents a wide spectrum of presentations rather than a specific disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Abd-El-Barr
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Anthony T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Yachnis
authors.forename: Steven N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Roper
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eisenschenk
mesh_terms: D038481:Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*