Table 2:

SMART presenting signs and symptoms

Signs and SymptomsNo. of Cases%
Interictal epileptiform activity, electrographic seizures, or clinical seizure activitya9/1182
Headache8/1173
Speech disturbance7/1164
Visual field defect7/1164
Altered mentation5/1145
Hemiparesis5/1145
Hemisensory change2/1118
  • a Interictal epileptiform spikes, sharp waves, electrographic seizures, or witnessed seizure. One of the patients without EEG interictal epileptiform activity had a witnessed convulsion.