Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBSERVATIONS: The authors describe longitudinally 3 cases of female patients with Rasmussen encephalitis who underwent left hemispherotomy in childhood and benefited from a favorable cognitive outcome. In the first patient, the hemispherotomy occurred at a young age, and the recovery of language and cognitive abilities was rapid and efficient. The second patient benefited from the surgery later in childhood. In addition, she presented a reorganization of language and memory functions that seem to have been at the expense of nonverbal ones. The third patient was a teenager during surgery. She benefited from a more partial cognitive recovery with persistent disorders several years after the surgery. LESSONS: Recovery of cognitive functions, including language, occurs after left hemispherotomy, even when performed late in childhood. Therefore, the surgery should be considered as early as possible to promote intercognitive reorganization.
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Authors | Anna Borne, Marcela Perrone-Bertolotti, Isabelle Jambaqué, Clémence Castaignède, Georg Dorfmüller, Sarah Ferrand-Sorbets, Monica Baciu, Christine Bulteau |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons
(J Neurosurg Case Lessons)
Vol. 4
Issue 22
(Nov 28 2022)
ISSN: 2694-1902 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 36443955
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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