RASMUSSEN'S PROGRESSIVE FOCAL ENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDHOOD: CLINICAL ASPECTS AND APPROACHES TO THERAPY

Abstract

The frequency and nosological diversity of autoimmune diseases of the nervous system increases annually, but their exact prevalence remains unknown. This is due to clinical polymorphism, the complexity of laboratory diagnostics, and the lack of awareness of this pathology among doctors of various specialties. The basis of the disease is the production of antineuronal antibodies due to a neoplastic or infectious process, and parainfectious diseases are more common in children. The article describes a clinical case of Rasmussen's encephalitis in an 8-year-old child. The onset of the disease, which developed after a respiratory infection, was accompanied by focal seizures and pyramidal syndrome.