Abstract
<b>Objective: </b> To describe a more limited and less malignant form of Rasmussen encephalitis (RE). <b>Methods: </b> Three subjects (all women; 37, 31, and 32 years of age) developed childhood or late onset chronic focal encephalitis, with a relatively nonprogressive form of the disorder. <b>Results: </b> In our patients, clinical features were dominated by partial seizures without marked focal motor deficit and in two with choreo-dystonic movements. The diagnosis of RE was supported by histologic examination and anatomic and functional MRI. <b>Conclusions: </b> These cases extend the phenotypic presentations of Rasmussen encephalitis and confirm Theodore Rasmussen9s suggestion that there may be mild and nonprogressive forms of the disease.
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