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Neuroimaging follow-up in a case of Rasmussen's encephalitis with dyskinesias

✍ Scribed by Maria Fulvia de Leva; Andrea Varrone; Alessandro Filla; Mario Quarantelli; Leonilda Bilo; Valeria Piscitelli; Elena Salvatore; Sara Ammendola; Salvatore Striano; Giuseppe de Michele; Vincenzo Bonavita; Sabina Pappatà

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
228 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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Abstract

We describe a case of adult‐onset biphasic Rasmussen's encephalitis who presented seizures and left dyskinesias at the onset and, after 1 year, language disorder. Serial MRI and [^18^F] FDG‐PET scans were performed showing involvement of the right cerebral hemisphere in the first phase and of the contralateral one in the second. © 2007 Movement Disorder Society

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