Coexistence of a ganglioglioma and Rasmussen's encephalitis
| Autor: | Adelson Pd, K S Firlik, Hamilton Rl |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Rasmussen's encephalitis
Refractory seizures Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Ganglioglioma Central nervous system disease Seizures medicine Seizure control Humans business.industry Brain Neoplasms Brain General Medicine medicine.disease Hemispherectomy Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Chronic Disease Etiology Encephalitis Surgery Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric neurosurgery. 30(5) |
| ISSN: | 1016-2291 |
| Popis: | A small number of recent reports have documented coexisting cerebral pathologic entities in patients with Rasmussen’s encephalitis. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy who presented with refractory seizures and was found to have both a ganglioglioma and Rasmussen’s encephalitis of the same hemisphere. The patient ultimately underwent a functional hemispherectomy with excellent seizure control. We also review the clinical and pathologic hallmarks of both gangliogliomas and Rasmussen’s encephalitis. We hope that the addition of this patient to the small but growing literature on dual pathology in Rasmussen’s encephalitis may help shed some light on the etiology of this mysterious disease. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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