Rasmussen encephalitis associated with Parry-Romberg syndrome

Neurology. 2003 Aug 12;61(3):395-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.61.3.395.

Abstract

Parry-Romberg syndrome is a rare disorder associated with unilateral facial atrophy involving skin, subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, and bone. Occasionally, there is CNS involvement with epilepsy being the most common CNS manifestation. The authors report a child with Parry-Romberg syndrome with a course strongly suggestive of Rasmussen encephalitis. The boy underwent hemispherectomy, and pathology showed the typical findings of Rasmussen encephalitis, suggesting that these two conditions may share common etiologic factors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Disease Progression
  • Encephalitis / complications*
  • Encephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Encephalitis / surgery
  • Epilepsia Partialis Continua / etiology
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / complications*
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / diagnosis*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Frontal Lobe / surgery
  • Gliosis / etiology
  • Gliosis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology
  • Parietal Lobe / surgery
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18