Table 1.
Characteristics of the 24 patients with focal CHI.
GENDER, n (%) | |
Female | 15 (63%) |
Male | 9 (37%) |
Birth weight (grams), mean (SD), n = 20 | 3626 (600) |
Gestational age (week), median (range), n = 20 | 40 (33-41) |
APGAR-SCORE AT 5 MIN, n (%), n = 12 | |
Score (≥8) | 8 (33%) |
Score (≤7) | 4 (17%) |
Age at first symptoms (days), median (range), n = 23 | 2 (0–30) |
Age at first recorded hypoglycaemia (days), median (range), n = 23 | 2 (0–30) |
Maximal glucose infusion rate (mg/kg/min), median (range), n = 21 | 12.1 (4.4–28.3) |
GENETIC MUTATION, n (%) | |
ABCC8 | 23 (96%) |
KCNJ11 | 1 (4%) |
18F-DOPA-PET/CT LOCALIZATION, n (%) | |
Head | 11 (45.8%) |
Body | 4 (16.7%) |
Tail | 5 (20.8%) |
Uncinate process | 4 (16.7%) |
Follow-up time after surgery (months), median (range) | 12.5 (0.2–78.9) |
Age at last follow-up (years), median (range) | 1.7 (0.24–6.97) |