A 9-year-old woman presented with acute amnesia and dysphasia, resolving within 24 hours. After 2 months of episodic altered behavior, she developed right leg focal motor seizures with secondary generalization.… Click to show full abstract
A 9-year-old woman presented with acute amnesia and dysphasia, resolving within 24 hours. After 2 months of episodic altered behavior, she developed right leg focal motor seizures with secondary generalization. FLAIR MRI, CT, and brain biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Rasmussen encephalitis (Figure), a progressive inflammatory neurologic disease.1
               
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