Clinical motor findings and DTI-determined CST involvement
| Patient/Age (y)/Sex | Pathology | Location | Motor Deficits |
CST Involvement on DTI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | Postoperative | Preoperative | Postoperative | |||
| 1/29/M | Pilocytic astrocytoma | R thalamus | 2–4/5 L upper extremity | 2–5/5 L upper extremity | Decreased FA, deviated R PLIC | Decreased FA, deviated R PLIC |
| 2/20/F | Pilocytic astrocytoma | L frontal | 4/5 R upper/lower extremity | No deficit | Decreased FA, deviated L PLIC | Normalized L PLIC |
| 3/46/F | Ganglioglioma | L thalamus | 3–4/5 R upper/lower extremity | No deficit | Deviated L PLIC | Normalized L PLIC |
| 4/23/F | Cavernous angioma | R striatum | No deficit | No deficit | Uninvolved R PLIC | Preserved R PLIC |