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Epilepsia partialis continua in 5-year-old boy with Rasmussen syndrome

Progression of the disease in brain MRI before (A, B) and after (C, D) functional hemispherectomy in a 5-year-old boy with Rasmussen syndrome. The images on the right (B, D) were obtained 5 months after those on the left (A, C). (Courtesy of Dr. Rod C. Scott, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.)

Associated Disorders

  • Alexander disease
  • Alpers disease
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Central nervous system vasculitis
  • Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
  • Cortical dysplasia
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Glioblastoma
  • Gliomatosis cerebri
  • Human immunodeficiency virus
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Ischemic stroke
  • Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
  • Nonketotic hyperosmolar hyperglycemia
  • Paraneoplastic encephalitis
  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  • Rasmussen syndrome
  • Rolandic partial epilepsy
  • Russian spring-summer encephalitis