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Atypical presentation in Rasmussen encephalitis: delayed late-onset periodic epileptic spasms Volume 13, numéro 3, Septembre 2011

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Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Patologia, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

A five-and-a-half-year-old girl started experiencing progressive left hemiparesis at age two and a half years. At age five years and four months she started presenting clusters of asymmetric periodic epileptic spasms with no hypsarrhythmia. The ictal EEG showed periodic, constant and stereotyped complexes. Serial brain imaging revealed progressive atrophy of the right hemisphere with increased T2 signal on MRI. She underwent a right hemispherotomy, and histological examination showed signs of inflammation and features of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD). She has been seizure-free for 16 months. This case is unique in the following aspects: the presence of typical Rasmussen encephalitis features of progressive unilateral brain involvement without seizures, a delay of almost three years prior to seizure onset; an atypical seizure type presentation with periodic epileptic spasms and the presence of FCD associated with inflammatory changes. [Published with video sequences]