title: Multiphasic presentation of Rasmussen's encephalitis.
abstract: Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare, chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, characterised by drug-resistant focal epilepsy that may rarely present in adolescence or adulthood. We present a case of Rasmussen's encephalitis with prominent recurrent fluctuation in symptoms and well-documented fluctuating changes on MRI, adding to the spectrum of diversity of Rasmussen's encephalitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London.
authors.forename: Andreja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avberšek
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miserocchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.affiliation: Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ayesha V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of (Neuro)Pathology, Academic Medical Center; Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam; SEIN - Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aronica
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ingmar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blümcke
authors.affiliation: Developmental Biology and Cancer Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health and Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London.
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jacques
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acheson
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thom
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London.
authors.forename: Sanjay M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sisodiya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
keywords: encephalitis; fluctuation; magnetic resonance imaging