Treatment of Rasmussen encephalitis half a century after its initial description: promising prospects and a dilemma

CG Bien, J Schramm - Epilepsy research, 2009 - Elsevier
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE), initially described half a century ago, is an inflammatory
unihemispheric brain disorder. Its two clinical key facets are the progressive tissue and
function loss and the epilepsy, often in form of epilepsia partialis continua. For both,
treatment options are available. Anti-seizure effect of anti-epilepsy drugs is usually limited to
secondarily generalized seizures and complex partial seizures whereas epilepsia partialis
continua usually is totally refractory. Hemispherectomy in one of its modern variants offers a …