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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior case reports2014

Rasmussen's encephalitis presenting as focal cortical dysplasia.

D J O'Rourke, A Bergin, A Rotenberg, J Peters, M Gorman, A Poduri, J Cryan, H Lidov, J Madsen, C Harini

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Article in Epilepsy & behavior case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Rasmussen encephalitis with dual pathology in a patient without seizures: case report and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D J O'RourkeDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
A BerginDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
A RotenbergDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
J PetersDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
M GormanDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
A PoduriDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
J CryanDept. of Neuropathology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
H LidovDept. of Neuropathology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
J MadsenDept. of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
C HariniDept. of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare syndrome characterized by intractable seizures, often associated with epilepsia partialis continua and symptoms of progressive hemispheric dysfunction. Seizures are usually the hallmark of presentation, but antiepileptic drug treatment fails in most patients and is ineffective against epilepsia partialis continua, which often requires surgical intervention. Co-occurrence of focal cortical dysplasia has only rarely been described and may have implications regarding pathophysiology and management. We describe a rare case of dual pathology of Rasmussen's encephalitis presenting as a focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and discuss the literature on this topic.

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Focal cortical dysplasiaRasmussen's encephalitis

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PMID25667877
PMCPMC4307873
OpenAlexW1987712614

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