Affiliation:
1. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Abstract
Abstract
Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare inflammatory neurological disease, characterized by frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor skills and speech, hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body), encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), and dementia. It is characterized by refractory epilepsy and progressive atrophy of one cerebral hemisphere. Here, we report a successful anesthetic management of a child with RE scheduled for functional hemispherectomy.
Subject
General Neuroscience,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health