Clinical characteristics of the patients
Patient No | Sex | Cutaneous angioma | Seizures before SPECT (age at 1st seizure) | Characteristics at the time of SPECT examination | Follow up | ||||||
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Age | CT signs | MRI signs | AED | Neurological examination | Mental development | ||||||
1 | M | Left | No | 8 days | None | WMH | None | Normal | 2 y | ||
No | 10 m | None | PB | Normal | Normal | ||||||
2 | M | Left | No | 15 days | PH | WMH, PH1-150 | None | Normal | Normal | 1 y | |
No | 10 m | A, PH | PB | R hemianopsia | Normal | ||||||
3 | F | Left | No (14 m) | 17 days | None | WMH | None | Normal | Normal | 1.5 y | |
No (14 m) | 11 m | None | PB | Normal | Normal | ||||||
4 | F | Right | No (3 m) | 1 m | None | PB | Normal | Normal | 2 y | ||
5 | M | Left | No (6 m) | 1 m | PH | PB | Normal | Mildly delayed | 6 y | ||
Yes (6 m) | 10 m | PH, A, CE | A | PB | Normal | Normal | 6 y | ||||
6 | M | Right | No | 1 m | A | A, PH, WMH | PB | Normal | Normal | 6 m | |
7 | M | Right | No | 1 m | PH | WMH | None | Normal | Normal | 2 y | |
No | 6 m | PB | Normal | Normal | |||||||
8 | M | Left | No | 1.5 m | None | None | PB | Normal | Normal | 1 y | |
9 | F | Left | No (23 m) | 1.5 m | None | None | PB | Normal | Normal | 2 y | |
10 | F | Right | No (3 m) | 2 m | PH | WMH | PB | Normal | Normal | 2 y | |
Yes (3 m) | 7 m | A | CBZ | Normal | Normal | ||||||
11 | M | Left | No (7 m) | 3.5 m | PH | None | Normal | Normal | 5 y | ||
Yes (7 m) | 7.5 m | PH | PB | R hemiparesis | Normal | 7 y | |||||
12 | M | Right | No | 12 m | A | A | PB | Normal | Normal | 5 y | |
13 | F | Bilateral | Yes (7 days) | 2 m | A, PH | A, WMH | PB | Hypotonia | Severely delayed | 4 y | |
14 | F | Right | Yes (1 day) | 2.5 m | A, CE | PB | Normal | Mildly delayed | 7 y | ||
15 | M | Left | Yes (3 m) | 3.5 m | A, CE, PH | PB, CZP | R hemiplegia | Normal | 1.5 y | ||
16 | F | Left | Yes (9 m) | 9 m | None | CBZ, CLB | R hemiparesis | Speech delayed | 7 y | ||
17 | F | Left | Yes (6 m) | 9 m | None | CE, WMH | VPA | Normal | 5 y | ||
18 | M | Left | Yes (4 m) | 11 m | CE, C | PB | R hemiplegia | Mildly delayed | 3 y | ||
19 | M | None | Yes (3 weeks) | 13 m | A, C | PB | L hemiparesis | Speech delayed | 7 y | ||
20 | M | Right | Yes (3 m) | 15 m | A, CE | A, CE, WMH | CBZ, CZP | L hemiplegia | Severely delayyed | 1.5 y | |
21 | M | Left | Yes (13 m) | 17 m | OE | CBZ | Normal | Mildly delayed | 8 y | ||
22 | M | Left | Yes (11 m) | 24 m | A, CE | A | CBZ | Normal | Speech delayed | 2 y |
↵1-150 Injection of gadolinium performed.
m = months; y = years; PH = choroid plexus hypertrophy; A = atrophy; CE = contrast enhancement; C = calcifications; WMH = white matter hypersignal; AED = antiepileptic drugs; PB = phenobarbitone; CBZ = carbamazepine; CLB = clobazam; CZP = clonazepam.