Table 1

Clinical, genetic, and sonographic findings in 18 patients with hyperechogenic lesions of the basal ganglia

Patient, sex		Age (y)		CAG repeats		Clinical score		Caudate nucleus				Lenticular nucleus			Substantia nigra		Thalamus
Patient, sex		Age (y)		CAG repeats		Clinical score		Right	Left			Right	Left		Right	Left	Right	Left
1, F	63	41	I	2	2		0	0		0	0		0	0
2, M	57	43	II	2	2		0	0		0	0		0	0
3, F	60	45	II	0	0		0	0		2	2		0	0
4, F	46	44	II	0	0		0	0		1	2		0	0
5, F	44	48	II	3	2		0	0		0	0		0	0
6, M	38	48	III	0	1		2	3		3	3		0	0
7, M	51	45	III	2	1		0	0		0	0		0	0
8, M	55	47	II	0	0		0	0		2	2		0	0
9, M	50	42	I	0	0		0	0		1	1		0	0
10, F	75	42	I	0	0		1	1		0	0		0	0
11, M	41	54	II	0	0		0	0		2	3		0	0
12, F	37	53	II	0	0		0	0		3	1		0	0
13, M	40	46	II	0	0		0	0		1	1		0	0
14, F	37	53	III	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	0
15, M	60	N.D.	III	2	2		0	0		3	2		0	0
16, F	51	44	II	0	0		0	0		1	1		0	0
17, F	44	41	II	0	0		0	0		1	1		0	0
18, M	46	47	III	0	0		0	0		1	1		0	0

Clinical score I=mild, II=moderate, III=severe (for description of clinical categorisation see Subjects and methods section); echogenicity of hyperechogenic lesions 0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=marked.