Catalog

Epilepsy due to Rasmussen encephalitis

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Link to WHO Definition

Epilepsy due to Rasmussen encephalitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/182666470

Epilepsy due to a chronic progressive disorder of unknown etiology, onset in childhood, associated with hemispheric atrophy, severe intractable focal epilepsy, intellectual decline, and hemiparesis. Neuropathologic features show inflammatory changes. More localised, protracted, or slowly progressive forms and age-related variants have been described. Immune response involving B- and T-cell-mediated processes provide evidence for an immune attack on synaptic antigens leading to seizures and cell death.