Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?

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Autor(a) principal: Alvim,Ricardo Pires
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Aguiar,Patrick, Amado,Daniel Kempel, Rocha,Maria Sheila Guimarães, Rodriguez,Roberta Diehl, Brucki,Sonia Maria Dozzi
Tipo de documento: Relatório
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Resumo: ABSTRACT. Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a classic disorder in the child age group, and only 10% of cases are described in adults. We bring two proven cases of RE in older adults aged over 55 years. Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, progression, diagnostic assessment, neuropathological findings, and treatment of RE in two clinical cases of patients over 55 years of age. Furthermore, we address progressive cognitive decline as an important feature of the RE presentation in older adults in association with focal epilepsy. Methods: This is a case series from two tertiary hospitals from São Paulo – Brazil. Retrospective data were collected from one case. Results: Two male individuals aged >55 years with clinical presentation of focal epilepsy along with progressive cognitive deterioration. Conclusions: RE could be considered the cause of progressive cognitive decline in older adults, especially if focal epilepsy is described together with asymmetrical neuroimaging findings.
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spelling Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?dementiacognitive dysfunctionencephalitisepilepsyABSTRACT. Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a classic disorder in the child age group, and only 10% of cases are described in adults. We bring two proven cases of RE in older adults aged over 55 years. Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, progression, diagnostic assessment, neuropathological findings, and treatment of RE in two clinical cases of patients over 55 years of age. Furthermore, we address progressive cognitive decline as an important feature of the RE presentation in older adults in association with focal epilepsy. Methods: This is a case series from two tertiary hospitals from São Paulo – Brazil. Retrospective data were collected from one case. Results: Two male individuals aged >55 years with clinical presentation of focal epilepsy along with progressive cognitive deterioration. Conclusions: RE could be considered the cause of progressive cognitive decline in older adults, especially if focal epilepsy is described together with asymmetrical neuroimaging findings.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2020-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/reportinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642020000400434Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.14 n.4 2020reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-040016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlvim,Ricardo PiresAguiar,PatrickAmado,Daniel KempelRocha,Maria Sheila GuimarãesRodriguez,Roberta DiehlBrucki,Sonia Maria Dozzieng2020-12-07T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642020000400434Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2020-12-07T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false
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title Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
spellingShingle Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
Alvim,Ricardo Pires
dementia
cognitive dysfunction
encephalitis
epilepsy
title_short Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
title_full Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
title_fullStr Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
title_full_unstemmed Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
title_sort Rasmussen encephalitis: an older adult presentation?
author Alvim,Ricardo Pires
author_facet Alvim,Ricardo Pires
Aguiar,Patrick
Amado,Daniel Kempel
Rocha,Maria Sheila Guimarães
Rodriguez,Roberta Diehl
Brucki,Sonia Maria Dozzi
author_role author
author2 Aguiar,Patrick
Amado,Daniel Kempel
Rocha,Maria Sheila Guimarães
Rodriguez,Roberta Diehl
Brucki,Sonia Maria Dozzi
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alvim,Ricardo Pires
Aguiar,Patrick
Amado,Daniel Kempel
Rocha,Maria Sheila Guimarães
Rodriguez,Roberta Diehl
Brucki,Sonia Maria Dozzi
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv dementia
cognitive dysfunction
encephalitis
epilepsy
topic dementia
cognitive dysfunction
encephalitis
epilepsy
description ABSTRACT. Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a classic disorder in the child age group, and only 10% of cases are described in adults. We bring two proven cases of RE in older adults aged over 55 years. Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, progression, diagnostic assessment, neuropathological findings, and treatment of RE in two clinical cases of patients over 55 years of age. Furthermore, we address progressive cognitive decline as an important feature of the RE presentation in older adults in association with focal epilepsy. Methods: This is a case series from two tertiary hospitals from São Paulo – Brazil. Retrospective data were collected from one case. Results: Two male individuals aged >55 years with clinical presentation of focal epilepsy along with progressive cognitive deterioration. Conclusions: RE could be considered the cause of progressive cognitive decline in older adults, especially if focal epilepsy is described together with asymmetrical neuroimaging findings.
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