Epileptic Disorders
MENUMultiphasic presentation of Rasmussen's encephalitis Volume 17, issue 3, September 2015
Authors
1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London
2 Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
3 Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
4 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
5 Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
6 Developmental Biology and Cancer Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health and Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London
7 Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
8 Department of Neuropathology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
* Correspondence: Sanjay M. Sisodiya
Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,
Institute of Neurology,
UCL Institute of Neurology,
33 Queen Square,
London WC1N 3BG,
United Kingdom
- Key words: encephalitis, magnetic resonance imaging, fluctuation
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2015.0756
- Page(s) : 315-20
- Published in: 2015
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.