A Rare Case of Bilateral Rasmussen’s Encephalitis with Cortical Venous Thrombosis
Swati Gupta, Monika Singh, Mahesh K Lal, Dhrubajit Das, Ayushi Daga · 2026
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Swati Gupta and colleagues published a 2026 letter describing bilateral Rasmussen encephalitis combined with cortical venous thrombosis, a pairing not previously reported. Rasmussen encephalitis is a rare inflammatory brain disorder causing drug-resistant focal seizures and shrinkage of one hemisphere, usually in children. A 25-year-old man had lived with poorly controlled focal seizures since age eight. Over the previous year he grew dependent and began seizing on the other side too, pointing to the second hemisphere.
He arrived in continuous seizure activity, deeply drowsy, with facial and limb jerking on the left and a weak eye movement. Scans showed marked shrinkage of the left hemisphere and a fresh stroke-like lesion on the right. Bilateral disease rules out the hemisphere-removal surgery used in one-sided cases, leaving immune treatments such as steroids and immunoglobulin. Only about sixteen bilateral cases were documented worldwide, making each report valuable.
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| CREATOR | Swati Gupta, Monika Singh, Mahesh K Lal, Dhrubajit Das, Ayushi Daga |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |