A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging

Relatively rare, Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease conditioning a single cerebral hemisphere. It is a progressive pathology with different stages clinically and on MRI. Therefore, imaging has an important role in evoking the diagnosis and also excluding other possible etiologi...

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Published in:Global pediatric health 2023-01, Vol.10
Main Authors: Yahya, El Harras, Khadija, Laasri, Nourrelhouda, Bahlouli, Nazik, Allali, Latifa, Chat, Siham, El Haddad
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Case reports
Encephalitis
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
Pathology
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Summary:Relatively rare, Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease conditioning a single cerebral hemisphere. It is a progressive pathology with different stages clinically and on MRI. Therefore, imaging has an important role in evoking the diagnosis and also excluding other possible etiologies. We report a case of Rasmussen encephalitis with 2 different stages on MRI and also provide a review of the role of imaging in diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, and stages of this pathology.
ISSN:2333-794X
2333-794X
DOI:10.1177/2333794X231214084