A case of rasmussen encephalitis: the differential diagnoses and role of diagnostic imaging.
Rasmussen encephalitis is an extremely rare chronic inflammatory neurodegenerative disease affecting a single cerebral hemisphere, causing progressive neurological deterioration and intractable seizures. Imaging plays an important role in diagnosis by demonstrating focal or unihemispheric involvement and excluding other possible causes. Here, we report a case of Rasmussen encephalitis with an update on recent diagnostic criteria and emphasis on differential diagnoses which can be excluded on imaging.
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Amala Institute of Medical sciences(AIMS), Thrissur, Kerala, India-680055.
Binoj
B
Varghese
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India- 680005.
Mk
M
Aneesh
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India- 680005.
Navdeep
N
Singh
Department of Neurology, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India - 680005.
Percival
P
Gilwaz
Epilepsia partialis continua; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rasmussen encephalitis