title: Rasmussen's encephalitis presenting as focal cortical dysplasia.
abstract: Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare syndrome characterized by intractable seizures, often associated with epilepsia partialis continua and symptoms of progressive hemispheric dysfunction. Seizures are usually the hallmark of presentation, but antiepileptic drug treatment fails in most patients and is ineffective against epilepsia partialis continua, which often requires surgical intervention. Co-occurrence of focal cortical dysplasia has only rarely been described and may have implications regarding pathophysiology and management. We describe a rare case of dual pathology of Rasmussen's encephalitis presenting as a focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and discuss the literature on this topic.
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: O'Rourke
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bergin
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Rotenberg
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Peters
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gorman
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Poduri
authors: Dept. of Neuropathology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Cryan
authors: Dept. of Neuropathology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Lidov
authors: Dept. of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Madsen
authors: Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Harini
keywords: Focal cortical dysplasia; Rasmussen's encephalitis