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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2018 Dec 20;96:30–36. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.12.002

TABLE 3.

Brain Involvement and Symptoms/comorbidities

Symptom Association with Greater Brain Involvement
Unilateral Bilateral P
Epilepsy 185/221 (83.7%) 41/51 (80.4%) 0.57
Headaches 94/166 (56.6%) 1/31 (3.2%) 0.40
Strokelike episode 84/215 (39.1%) 21/51 (41.2%) 0.78
Symptomatic stroke 22/202 (10.9%) 7/48 (14.6%) 0.47
Hemiparesis 89/213 (41.8%) 26/50 (52%) 0.19
Visual field deficit 92/197 (46.7%) 24/38 (63.2%) 0.063
Intellectual disability 23/207 (11.1%) 18/40 (45.0%) <0.001
Learning disorder 87/189 (46.0%) 29/41 (70.7%) 0.004
ADHD/ADD 31/226 (13.7%) 8/51 (15.7%) 0.72
Autism spectrum disorder 5/196 (2.6%) 3/38 (7.9%) 0.12
Behavioral disorder 22/197 (11.2%) 8/41 (19.5%) 0.14
Mood disorder 17/183 (9.3%) 4/37 (10.8%) 0.76
Strabismus 19/210 (9.0%) 3/48 (6.3%) 0.78
Amblyopia 36/211 (17.1%) 11/44 (25.0%) 0.22
Immune problem 8/213 (3.8%) 4/46 (8.7%) 0.24
Growth hormone problems 9/226 (4.0%) 3/51 (5.9%) 0.47
Puberty problems 4/226 (1.8%) 1/51 (2.0%) 1.00
Thyroid disorder 15/226 (6.6%) 5/51 (9.8%) 0.43
Glaucoma surgery 65/224 (28.8%) 31/50 (60.8%) <0.001
Brain surgery 24/146 (16.4%) 1/35 (2.9%) 0.052

Abbreviations:

ADHD/ADD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and/or attention deficit disorder

SWS = Sturge-Weber syndrome

Multiple associations found between patient history of Sturge-Weber syndrome symptoms/comorbidities and brain involvement extent.

Bold values indicates the significance of P < 0.01.