Rasmussen encephalitis

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Ras·mus·sen encephalitis

(ras'mŭs-ĕn),

encephalitis in which antibodies to a stimulatory glutamate receptor in the CNS are found; perhaps autoimmune.

Ras·mus·sen en·ceph·a·li·tis

(ras'mus-ĕn en-sef'ă-lī'tis)

Encephalitis in which antibodies to a stimulatory glutamate receptor in the central nervous system are found; perhaps an autoimmune disease.

Rasmussen encephalitis

(ras′mus-ĕn)

[Theodore Brown Rasmussen, U.S. neurologist, 1910–2002.]

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A rare inflammatory disorder, typically involving a single hemisphere of the brain and often resulting in hemiplegia and partial seizures that are difficult to control. The condition is more common in children than in adults.

Rasmussen,

Grant L., U.S. neuroanatomist, 1904–.

Rasmussen encephalitis - antibodies to a stimulatory glutamate receptor in the CNS are found and are perhaps autoimmune. Synonym(s): Rasmussen syndrome

Rasmussen syndrome - Synonym(s): Rasmussen encephalitis

bundle of Rasmussen - Synonym(s): olivocochlear tract

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Difficulties in differentiation of Parry-Romberg syndrome, unilateral facial sclerodermia, and Rasmussen syndrome. Child's Nerv Syst 2006;22(4):409-15.

PARRY ROMBERG SYNDROME- A CASE REPORT

Doctors diagnosed Rasmussen Syndrome, an extremely rare condition that affects just one in 1.8 million people.

News THE HARDEST DECISION; Shania, 11, could undergo a brain op to stop her seizures - but she would lose use of half her body..

Shania Lawrence-Rousseau suffers from Rasmussen syndrome, which affects just one in 1.8 million people.

Doctorsdiagnosed Rasmussen syndrome. It's not known what causes the condition, which leads to cells in one half of the brain becoming inflamed.

Brave girl's heartbreaking difficult decision for brain surgery that will leave her blind in one eye and unable to walk; Shania Lawrence-Rousseau was forced to make impossible decision because she suffered up to 30 seizures a day

So that, the use of hemispherectomy in unilateral focal process, like Rasmussen syndrome, Sturge-Weber sydrome, hemimegalencephaly, extensive vascular insults hemispherical and trauma cranioencephalics are likely to better control of the seizure when compared to diffuse or bilateral processes such as malformations of cortical development.

Regarding to control of seizures, it showed that 90% of patients were in Engel Outcome Class I, but when compared the etiology this essay described that patients affected by Rasmussen syndrome, vascular diseases and hemimegalencephaly presented 90%, 93% and 80% of patients with Engel Class I, respectively.

Hemispherectomy in Treatment of seizures: current perspectives of the indications, techniques and complications--Literature Review

Rasmussen Syndrome: autoimmune encephalitis of difficult control where surgical treatment is the last alternative

Sindrome de Rasmussen, una encefalitis autoinmune de dificil control: el tratamiento quirurgico como ultima alternativa

Chronic Encephalitis and Epilepsy: Rasmussen Syndrome. Boston, Mass: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1991:7-35.

Pathologic quiz case: a 3-year-old boy with new-onset partial seizures. (Residents' Pages)

Rasmussen Syndrome Support Group c/o Al and Lynn Miller 8235 Lethbrdge Rd Millersville, MD 21108 (410) 987-5221 4,10