The important role of hemispherotomy for Rasmussen Encephalitis: Clinical and Functional outcomes.

First described by Theodore Rasmussen and co-workers in 1958 (1), Rasmussen ’s encephalitis (RE) is characterized by unilateral inflammation of the cerebral cortex, drug-resistant epilepsy, and progressive neurological and cognitive deterioration (2). It is a rare neurological disorder whose pathophysiology is associated with several immunopathological events, including T -cell, autoantibody and microglia responses to antigenic epitopes (2, 3).

Source: Pediatric Neurology - October 27, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Ursula Thom é, Larissa A. Batista, Renata P. Rocha, Vera C. Terra, Ana Paula A. Hamad, Americo C. Sakamoto, Antônio C. Santos, Marcelo V. Santos, Hélio R. Machado Source Type: research