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. 2019 Apr 21;65(6):592–602. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmz019

Table 4.

Neuroimaging findings of the study populationa

Neurimaging findings Group 1
Group 2 Group 3
Total
CUS CZS n = 9 No CZS n = 17 No CZS n = 12 CZS n = 9 No CZS n = 14 CZS n = 18 n (%) No CZS n = 43
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
 Cerebral cortex thinning 2 (22) 0 0 4 (44) 0 6 (33) 0
 Ventriculomegaly 3 (33) 0 0 3 (33) 0 6 (33) 0
 Calcifications 1 (11) 0 0 4 (44.4) 0 5 (28) 0
 Corpus callosum hypoplasia 1 (11) 0 0 0 1 (7.1) 1 (6) 1 (2)
 Subependymal cist 0 1 (5.9) 0 0 1 (7.1) 1 (6) 2 (5)
 Brain stem hypoplasia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cerebellar hypoplasia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Normal 5 (56) 16 (94.1) 12 (100) 3 (33.3) 12 (85.7) 8 (44) 40 (93)

CT n = 13 n = 25 n = 18 n = 13 n = 16 n = 26 n =59
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)

 Calcifications 8 (62) 1 (4) 1 (6) 12 (92) 3 (18.8) 20 (77) 5(9)
 Cerebral córtex thinning 8 (62) 0 0 11 (85) 0 19 (73) 0
 Abnormalities of sulci or gyri 7 (54) 0 0 11 (85) 0 18 (69) 0
 Ventriculomegaly 7 (54) 0 0 9 (69) 0 16 (62) 0
 Corpus collosum hypoplasia 3 (23) 0 0 4 (31) 0 7 (27) 0
 Cerebellar hypoplasia 2 (15) 0 0 2 (15) 0 4 (15) 0
 Brain stem hypoplasia 0 0 0 2 (15) 0 2 (8) 0
 Normal 3 (23) 24 (96) 17 (94) 0 13 (81.2) 3 (12) 54 (92)

MRI n = 11 n = 17 n =2 n = 13 n = 6 n = 24 n = 25
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)

 Cerebral córtex thinning 6 (55) 0 0 12 (92) 0 18 (75) 0
 Ventriculomegaly 6 (55) 0 0 12 (92) 0 18 (75) 0
 Abnormalities of sulci or gyri 6 (55) 0 0 12 (92) 0 18 (75) 0
 Cranial facial disproportion 5 (46) 0 0 11 (85) 0 16 (67) 0
 Calcifications 5 (46) 0 0 10 (77) 0 15 (63) 0
 Corpus callosum hypoplasia 6 (55) 0 0 9 (69) 0 15 (63) 0
 Brain stem hypoplasia 2 (18) 0 0 7 (54) 0 9 (38) 0
 Cerebellar hypoplasia 3 (27) 0 0 4 (31) 0 7(29) 0
 Other 2 (18) 0 0 0 0 2 (4) 0
 Normal 0 17 (100) 2 (100) 1 (8) 6 (100) 1 (8) 25 (100)
a

Some children had more than one neuroimaging test.

CUS, cranial ultrasound; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.