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. 2012 Mar 28;4(3):90–96. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v4.i3.90

Table 2.

Data of 5 patients with subcortical heterotopia

Patient/sex/age (yr) Seizure type Developmental milestones Neurological examination EEG findings MRI characteristics of heterotopia
1/M/27 Complex partial Delayed motor Left hemiparesis Focal spikes, slow wave Large, nodular mass at right fronto-parietal lobes, extends across midline and ACC
2/F/15 Mixed Delayed walking spasticity Focal spikes, slow waves Small, multiple nodular, right frontal and parietal lobes
3/F/9 General tonic-clonic Delayed speech and motor Right hemipariesis Spike-wave Small, multiple, nodular, left parietal and ACC
4/F/7 General tonic-clonic Delayed speech and motor Attention deficit, hyperactivity, bilateral spasticity General spike-wave Bilateral curvilinear
5/M/1 Mixed Delayed walking Hyperactive reflexes General slow wave Mixed nodular and curvilinear and distorted ventricles

M: Male; F: Female; EEG: Electroencephalography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; ACC: Anterior corpus callosum.