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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2011; 09(02): 277-280
DOI: 10.3233/JPN-2011-0474
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

First report on hemispherotomy in two Tunisian patients with Rasmussen syndrome

Meriam Méziou
a   Department of Child Neurology, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
,
Fatma Kamoun
a   Department of Child Neurology, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
,
Emna Ellouz
a   Department of Child Neurology, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
,
Ines Hsairi
a   Department of Child Neurology, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
,
Zeineb Mnif
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
c   Department of Radiology, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
,
Olivier Delalande
d   Rothschild Foundation, Paris, France
,
MohamedZaher Boudawara
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
e   Department of Neurosurgery, Habib Bourguiba Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
,
Chahnez Triki
a   Department of Child Neurology, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
b   Research Unit of Neuropediatrics, Sfax, Tunisia
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30 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Rasmussen syndrome is a rare cryptogenic progressive brain disorder causing severe neurological problems. Surgery, particularly hemispherectomy in any of its varied forms, has an excellent effect in controlling seizures. We report two Tunisian patients with classically sporadic and unilateral childhood form. They are both treated successfully with vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy. This paper discusses and reviews the advances in epilepsy surgery for Rasmussen syndrome.

Keywords

Rasmussen syndrome - hemispherectomy - hemispherotomy - vertical approch