Rasmussen’s encephalitis with adult onset

Abstract

Rasmussens encephalitis (RE) is a rare inflammatory brain disease characterized by severe intractable epilepsy and unilateral progressive motor defect associated with contralateral hemispheric atrophy. The authors present clinical features, EEG and MRI data and results of effective treatment of patient withadult onset RE. Despite the predominance of RE in children, stressed is the necessity of taking into consideration this condition in adults as well in differential diagnostics of intractable epilepsies.

Keywords

• rasmussen's encephalitis
• late onset
• differential diagnosis