TABLE 3:

Associated findings in 69 patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and epilepsy

AbnormalityNumber of Patients (%)
Anterior temporal lobe white matter abnormality (Fig 8)11 (16)
Arachnoid cyst (Fig 9)4 (6)
Abnormal hippocampal size or shape, no signal abnormality4 (6)
Malformation of cortical development (Fig 10)2 (3)
Chiari malformation2 (3)
Periventricular leukomalacia2 (3)
Cavum septum pellucidum2 (3)
2-mm diameter cyst in the body of one hippocampus1 (1.5)
More than one abnormality7 (10)
Any abnormality17 (25)