STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN A PATIENT WITH RASMUSSEN’S ENCEPHALITIS

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We describe clinical case of Rasmussen's encephalitis in a 24-year-old woman that occurred during her hospital stay. Its clinical manifestations included a  clonic movement disorder and partial epilepsy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging study showed shrinkage of her left hemisphere with signs of inflammation and scarring. An electroencephalography showed the electrophysiological characteristics of epilepsy and slowing down of the left hemisphere activity. Brain biopsy was not provided. 

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A. S. Kotov A.S.

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

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Email: alex-013@yandex.ru

MD, PhD, Professor, Chair of Neurology, Postgraduate Training Faculty; Head of Department of Pediatric Neurology

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Tel.: +7 (495) 681 56 10

Russian Federation

Yu. V. Eliseev

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

Email: fake@neicon.ru

Junior Research Fellow, Department of Neurology

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Russian Federation

E. I. Semenova

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

Email: fake@neicon.ru

MD, Neurologist, Department of Neurology

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Russian Federation

Yu. V. Tokareva

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

Email: fake@neicon.ru

MD, Neurologist, Department of Neurology

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Russian Federation

M. V. Romanova

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

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MD, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Functional Diagnosis

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Russian Federation

M. S. Bunak

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

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Junior Research Fellow, Department of Roentgenology

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Russian Federation

I. G. Rudakova

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)

Email: fake@neicon.ru

MD, PhD, Professor, Chair of Neurology, Postgraduate Training Faculty

61/2 Shchepkina ul., Moscow, 129110

Russian Federation

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