Academic Journal
Can head trauma trigger adult-onset Rasmussen's encephalitis?
| العنوان: | Can head trauma trigger adult-onset Rasmussen's encephalitis? |
|---|---|
| المؤلفون: | Soh, Derrick, Cordato, Dennis J, Bleasel, Andrew F, Brimage, Peter, Beran, Roy G |
| بيانات النشر: | Academic Press |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | Griffith University: Griffith Research Online |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Clinical sciences, Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified |
| الوصف: | Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare unilateral inflammatory brain disorder that causes progressive neurocognitive deterioration and refractory epilepsy including epilepsia partialis continua (EPC). We describe a patient with a unique presentation, where right upper limb EPC due to RE began within 2 weeks of a concussive left frontal head injury, in a 36-year-old female without other identifiable etiology, no prior neurological deficit nor suggestion of intracranial pathology or infection, and no preceding seizures. The diagnosis of RE followed extensive investigation, excluding confounding diagnoses, with supportive histopathology, and her EPC has proven refractory to treatment. In the absence of a satisfactory alternative etiology and exclusion of differential diagnoses, the most likely cause or precipitant of this patient's RE was head trauma. ; No Full Text |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1525-5050 |
| Relation: | Epilepsy & Behavior; http://hdl.handle.net/10072/352629 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.06.027 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/352629 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.06.027 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.DF3C78ED |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| تدمد: | 15255050 |
|---|---|
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.06.027 |