TABLE 2.
Frequency of Clinically Relevant Intracranial Findings on Neuroimaging
| Value, n (%) or n (%; 95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| Any emergent/urgent or nonurgent intracranial abnormality | 40 (11.3; 8.0–14.6) |
| Emergent/urgent | 3 (0.8; 0.1–1.8) |
| Tumor or metastases | 2 (0.6) |
| Infarction | 1 (0.3) |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 0 (0) |
| Cerebral edema | 0 (0) |
| Shift of midline structures, | 0 (0) |
| Abscess | 0 (0) |
| Cysticercosis with edema | 0 (0) |
| Obstructive hydrocephalus | 0 (0) |
| Nonurgenta | 37 (10.5; 7.3–13.6) |
| Abnormal myelination | 13 (3.7) |
| Cortical or subcortical hyperintensities | 9 (2.5) |
| Chiari I malformation | 5 (1.4) |
| Migration abnormality | 3 (0.8) |
| Mesial temporal sclerosis | 2 (0.6) |
| Hippocampal shape abnormalities | 2 (0.6) |
| White matter increased signal | 2 (0.6) |
| Cavernous or venous angioma | 2 (0.6) |
| Cysticercosis without edema | 1 (0.3) |
| Atrioventricular malformation | 1 (0.3) |
| Focal calcifications | 1 (0.3) |
| Gliosis | 1 (0.3) |
| Empty sella syndrome | 1 (0.3) |
| Focal encephalomalacia | 1 (0.3) |
| Calcifications of the meninges | 1 (0.3) |
| Porencephalic cyst | 1 (0.3) |
| Temporal lobe arachnoid cyst | 0 (0) |
| Blurred gray-white differentiation | 0 (0) |
N = 354. IQR, interquartile range.
a
Patients could have >1 finding.