| Development of anaplastic ependymoma in Rasmussen's encephalitis: review of the literature and case report. | |
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PMID: 15928965 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a form of chronic encephalitis presenting with intractable seizures and progressive neurological deficits in children. The occurrence of anaplastic ependymoma in a diagnosed case of RE has not been reported in the literature. CASE REPORT: We report an eight and a half year-old boy, a diagnosed case of RE, suffering from intractable right-sided focal seizures, who developed features of raised intracranial pressure during follow-up. Repeat imaging revealed left fronto-temporoparietal mass for which near-total decompression was done. Histopathology of the mass revealed anaplastic ependymoma. CONCLUSION: The etiology of such a co-existence or development of malignancy in a pre-existing RE is yet to be completely understood. Both these entities could have a common etiology of viral- or autoimmune-mediated process, but no definite conclusion can be drawn with all the literature available at the moment. |
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Authors:
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Raj Kumar; Abrar Ahad Wani; Jaypal Reddy; Lily Pal; Sunil Pradhan |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review Date: 2005-06-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Volume: 22 ISSN: 0256-7040 ISO Abbreviation: Childs Nerv Syst Publication Date: 2006 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-03-28 Completed Date: 2007-09-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8503227 Medline TA: Childs Nerv Syst Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 416-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India. rajkumar@sgpgi.ac.in |
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Atrophy Brain Neoplasms / complications, pathology*, surgery Cerebral Cortex / pathology, surgery Child Child, Preschool Encephalitis / complications, pathology*, surgery Ependymoma / complications, pathology*, surgery Humans Infant Male Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
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