LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Rasmussen's encephalitis: Imaging spectrum on simultaneous FDG-PET and MRI imaging correlation.

Photo from wikipedia

Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare, chronic, idiopathic, progressive, inflammatory, neurodegenerative disease process and typically seen in pediatric cohort. Although primarily a disease affecting children, adult cases with RE have… Click to show full abstract

Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare, chronic, idiopathic, progressive, inflammatory, neurodegenerative disease process and typically seen in pediatric cohort. Although primarily a disease affecting children, adult cases with RE have also been reported. It manifests as drug refractory epilepsia partialis continua (EPC). Immunomodulation, although delays progression of disease, seldom influences outcome. Imaging is crucial for early diagnosis, and monitoring disease progression. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is mainstay of imaging with nuclear imaging being a complimentary tool for diagnosing RE. Typical imaging features of RE on MRI are hemispherical atrophy, caudate nucleus atrophy, ex vacuo dilatation of the ventricular system and sulci. We review 5 cases of RE who fulfilled diagnostic criteria proposed by Bien et al. in 2005. One patient had typical imaging pattern of RE while other four patients had atypical imaging features of RE on PET-MRI.

Keywords: encephalitis imaging; pet mri; spectrum simultaneous; rasmussen encephalitis; imaging spectrum

Journal Title: Clinical imaging
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.