Table 1.
Groups | Number | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Age at surgery (years) | Children (0–6) | 16 | 27.12% |
Juveniles (7–17) | 27 | 45.76% | |
Young adults (18–46) | 12 | 20.34% | |
Middle adults (45–59) | 3 | 5.08% | |
Elderly (>60) | 1 | 1.69% | |
Symptoms | Epilepsy | 45 | 76.27% |
Headache and dizziness alone | 4 | 6.78% | |
Vision and hearing loss | 4 | 6.78% | |
Epilepsy with headache | 3 | 5.08% | |
Developmental delay | 2 | 3.39% | |
Auditory hallucinations | 1 | 1.69% | |
Location | Temporal lobe | 22 | 37.29% |
Frontal lobe | 17 | 28.81% | |
Parietal lobe | 7 | 11.86% | |
Occipitoparietal lobe | 4 | 6.78% | |
Frontotemporal lobe | 2 | 3.39% | |
Frontoparietal lobe | 2 | 3.39% | |
Temporo-parietal lobe | 1 | 1.69% | |
Occipital lobe | 1 | 1.69% | |
Insular lobe | 1 | 1.69% | |
Midbrain | 1 | 1.69% | |
Thalamus | 1 | 1.69% | |
Solid/Cystic | Solid | 54 | 91.53% |
Cystic | 5 | 8.47% | |
Contrast-enhancement | No enhancement | 40 | 40/47, 85.11% |
Slightly enhancement | 5 | 5/47, 10.64% | |
Significant enhancement | 2 | 2/47, 4.26% | |
Not available | 12 | - |