Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2024
First described by Canadian neurologist and neurosurgeon Theodore Rasmussen and colleagues in 1958, Rasmussen syndrome (RS), also called Rasmussen encephalitis, is a rare, severe form of chronic childhood neuroinflammatory disease producing drug-resistant focal epilepsy, most often resulting in progressive hemiparesis. Most cases of RS occur in children between ages 3 and 15, though RS has also been seen in adults (~10%). The etiology of RS is unknown and thought to be sporadic.
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