Functional hemispherotomy in Rasmussen syndrome in the absence of classic MRI findings

Functional hemispherotomy in Rasmussen syndrome in the absence of classic MRI findings

A 7-year-old previously healthy girl presented with a left-sided focal seizure without impaired consciousness and subsequently developed epilepsia partialis continua. Initial MRI was normal, and the subsequent images only showed a focal T2/FLAIR hyperintense area without cortical atrophy. She was di...

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Main Authors: Yasunori Nagahama, Charuta Joshi, Brian Dlouhy, Angela Y. Wu, Taylor J. Abel, Gary Baumbach, Hiroto Kawasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Subjects:
Rasmussen's encephalitis
Rasmussen syndrome
Early diagnosis
Functional hemispherectomy
Peri-insular functional hemispherotomy
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