Baseline characteristics of patients with and without reduced diffusion in the striatum and/or thalamus
| Location of Operation | Reduced Diffusion | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Others | |
| Frontal Lobe or Primary Sensory Cortices, or Posterior Disconnection | Frontal Lobe or Primary Sensory Cortices, or Posterior Disconnection | ||
| No. of patients (M/F) | 17 (11:6) | 43 (28:15) | 65 (30:35) |
| Age (mean) (yr) | 18.4 ± 21.8 | 40.7 ± 19.1 | 41.3 ± 21.4 |
| Total No. of MRIs (1.5T/3T) | 64 (40/24) | 286 (262/24) | 252 (222/30) |
| No. of MRIs in each period | |||
| Days 0–6 | 7 | 34 | 47 |
| Days 7–46 (days 8–21) | 20 (14) | 36 (9) | 48 (22) |
| Day 47 and after | 37 | 216 | 157 |
| Median time of the first follow-up MRI (interquartile range) | Day 9 (3–12) | Day 3 (2–5) | Day 3 (2–7) |
| Type of disease | |||
| Low-grade tumora | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| High-grade tumorb | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| Focal cortical dysplasia | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Hemimegalencephaly | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortical tuber | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vascular malformation | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Hippocampal sclerosis | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Hematoma | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gliosis | 0 | 2 | 3 |