Table 2.
Patient | Age at MRI | Time to MRI† | MRI findings on retrospective analysis | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cerebellar atrophy | Brain‐stem atrophy | Ventriculo‐megaly | Hippocampal internal structure | Corpus callosum thinning | White matter changes | Thalamic T2 hypointensity | Cerebral atrophy | |||
1 | 3 years, 7 months | 3 months |
++ S > I |
Yes Pons most affected |
+ | Normal | Normal |
++ P > A |
Normal | + |
2 | 3 years, 1 month | 7 months | +++ | Yes | ++ | Reduced internal architecture |
+ P > A |
++ P > A |
+ |
++, +++ P > A |
4 | 5 years, 7 months | 2 years, 7 months |
++ S > I |
Yes | ++ | Normal | Normal | + | + |
++ P > A |
5 | 3 years, 9 months | 3 months |
++ S > I |
Yes | ++ | Reduced internal architecture | Normal | ++ | Normal | Normal |
6 | 3 years, 4 months | 8 months |
+ S > I |
Yes Pons |
+/++ | Normal | Normal | + | + | Normal |
8 | 3 years, 3 months | 1 month | ++/+++ |
Yes Pons |
+ | Reduced internal architecture | + | + | Normal |
+/++ P > A |
9 | 3 years, 5 months | 5 months | +++ |
Yes Pons most affected |
+/++ | Reduced internal architecture | + | + | + |
++/+++ P > A |
10 | 4 years, 9 months | 1 year, 3 months |
+ S > I |
Yes Pons |
++ | Reduced internal architecture | + | + | + |
++ P > A |
11 | 1 year, 10 months | NA‡ | Normal | No | + | Reduced internal architecture | + | + | Normal |
+ P > A |
3 years, 3 months | NA‡ |
++ S > I |
No | +/++ | Reduced internal architecture | + | ++ | Normal |
++ P > A |
|
13 | 3 years, 4 months | 5 months | Normal |
Yes Pons |
+ | Reduced internal architecture | Normal |
+ P > A |
Normal | Normal |
4 years, 7 months | 1 year, 8 months |
+ Vermis |
Yes Pons |
+ | Reduced internal architecture |
+ P > A |
+/++ P > A |
Normal |
++ P > A |
Time to MRI is time from initial seizure to MRI being performed.
Patient diagnosed before symptom presentation.
+, mild; ++, moderate; +++, severe; NA, not applicable; P > A, posterior more than anterior; S > I, superior more than inferior.