Tuesday, June 22, 2010

PET picks up Rasmussen's encephalitis earlier than CT/MRI

10 years/f was asymptomatic 2 ½ yrs back when she started to get recurrent right partial seizure with secondary generalisations, more prominent in right lower limb. Initially seizure frequency was 1-2 per month but it gradually increased  to continuous tonic-clonic movement of right LL & UL. There was also h/o weakness in right lower limb followng these seizures No h/o weakness in right UL. No h/o cognitive-visual hearing impairment. No history of febrile seizures, head injury or febrile encephalopathy EXAMINATION Pulse-84/m; BP-100/76 mm Hg; Chest-NAD; CVS-NAD; ABDOMEN-NAD NERVOUS SYSTEM Higher mental function-conscious, oriented Cranial nerve- Normal Motor-RT UL 5/5, RT LL ankle 4/5 rest...

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