Table 2.
Response of patients to treatment. Abbreviations: ICGI = intracranial caseating granulomas with infectious etiology; ICGN = intracranial caseating granulomas without identifiable infectious pathology.
| ICGN | ICGI | P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobial therapy | 0.002 | ||
| Improved | 0/6 (0%) | 6/6 (100%) | |
| Unchanged | 3/6 (50%) | 0/6 (0%) | |
| Worsened | 3/6 (50%) | 0/6 (0%) | |
| Not tried | 5 | 0 | |
| Immunomodulation therapy | |||
| Improved | 7/8 (87.5%) | 0/0 (NA) | |
| Unchanged | 1/8 (12.5%) | 0/0 (NA) | |
| Worsened | 0/8 (0%) | 0/0 (NA) | |
| Not tried | 3 | 6 | |
| Overall response | 0.0006 | ||
| Antimicrobial therapy | 0 | 6 | |
| Immunomodulation therapy | 7 | 0 | |
| Follow‐up length (months) | 37.6 | 27.4 |