Table 2.
Neurocognitive evaluations of children with dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNETs)*.
| Patient | Age at Surgery (years,months) | Evaluation | Time from Surgery (months) | Overall Intellect (standard score1) | Reading (standard score1) | Spelling (standard score1) | Mathematics (standard score1) | Visual Motor Integration | Memory (standard score1) | Processing Speed (standard score1) | Support Services | Parent-reported Measures & Assessment Reports2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 10 | Average (NA) | Average (97) | Average (107) | High Average (119) | Average (97) | No | |||
| 2 | 5.1 | 1 | 5 | Average (94) | No | Difficulty with sustained attention | ||||||
| 2 | 8 | Occupational | Diagnosed with ADHD | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Border line (73) | Average (NA) | Borderline (NA) | Low Average (NA) | Occupational Speech PT |
Difficulties with impulsivity, mental flexibility, and auditory learning | |||||
| 4 | 15 | 1 | 60 | Deficient (55) | Borderline (77) | Special education | Unable to graduate from high school because of learning disabilities | |||||
| 5 | 16.2 | 1 | 20 | Low average (82) | Average (110) | Average (103) | High average (118) | Deficient (68) | No | Adjustment difficulties | ||
| 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | Borderline (72) | Borderline (78) | Deficient (69) | Deficient (58) | Low Average (88) | Low Average (NA) | Borderline (72) | Education support recommended | |
| 2 | 13 | Borderline (75) | Deficient (58) | Deficient (62) | Low average (81) | Average (96) | Education support recommended | Difficulties with social competency | ||||
| 3 | 24 | Borderline (79) | Deficient (46) | Deficient (69) | Borderline (75) | Average (105) | Low average (86) | Special education | Problems with sustained attention Reading-related learning disability |
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| 4 | 63 | Average (90) | Borderline (76) | Borderline (73) | Borderline (70) | Average (97) | Borderline (NA) | Low average (NA) | Resource assistance 3×/wk | |||
| 7 | 13.7 | 1 | 1 | Average (102) | Average (106) | Low average (87) | Average (90) | Significant problems with sustained attention, socialization, and aggression | ||||
| 2 | 75 | Low average (87) | Recommended to Vocational Rehabilitation |
Did not graduate from high school. Behavioral misconduct and incarceration; reactive depression; alcohol and drug abuse |
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| 9 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | Deficient (66) | Deficient (NA) | Deficient (NA) | Pre-school age | Auditory processing and memory for auditory input significantly deficient; receptive language deficiency Difficulties with sustained attention |
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| 10 | 6 | 1 | 14 | High Average (113) | High Average (114) | Average (105) | High Average (110) | Average (92) | Superior (NA) | No | Slow psychomotor speed | |
| 2 | 30 | Superior (123) | High Average (119) | High Average (118) | High Average (112) | Average (98) | No | Slow psychomotor speed | ||||
| 3 | 50 | High Average (119) | Average (108) | Average (104) | Average (102) | High Average (117) | No | Recovery of visual motor skills | ||||
| 4 | 69 | Superior (122) | Very superior (133) | High Average (119) | High average (116) | High average (113) | Very superior (NA) | No | ||||
| 11 | 11.6 | 1 | 6 | Low average (81) | Deficient (64) | Deficient (64) | Borderline (71) | Borderline (75) | Education support recommended | Difficulty with sustained attention, concentration, and recall of verbally presented material | ||
| 2 | 21 | Average (90) | Borderline (70) | Deficient (61) | Deficient (67) | Average (NA) | Special education | Social withdrawal and anxiety | ||||
| 3 | 42 | Low Average (81) | Deficient (69) | Deficient (65) | Deficient (61) | Average (NA) | Homebound–special education | Verbal skills deficit Visual-spatial skills deficit Weak self-esteem |
*
Retrospective chart review of children diagnosed with DNET between January 1988 and December 2007 at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder not otherwise specified; NA, not available; PT, physical therapy
1
Population Mean=100, Standard Deviation=15
2
Information derived from Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and assessment reports.