Global Pediatric Health (Nov 2023)

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

  • El Harras Yahya MD,
  • Laasri Khadija MD,
  • Bahlouli Nourrelhouda MD,
  • Allali Nazik  PhD,
  • Chat Latifa PhD,
  • El Haddad Siham PhD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214084
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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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.