TABLE 5:
MR Imaging Variables in Relation to Histopathologic Findings
| MR Diagnosis | Cortical Thickening | GM-WM Blurring | WM Hyperintensity on T2WI |
WM Hypo-intensity on T1WI IR | Tapering to Ventricle | GM Hyper-intensity on T2WI | Focal Hypoplasia | WM Core Atrophy | Histopathologic Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe | Moderate | |||||||||
| TFCD (n = 13) | 10 | 13 | 13 | – | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | – | |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | – | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | TFCD with BC (n = 8) | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | TFCD without BC (n = 1) | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | CD (n = 2) | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | AD (n = 2) | |
| Non-TFCD (n = 17) | 2 | 5 | – | 14 | 6 | – | 2 | 17 | 16 | |
| – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | TFCD with BC (n = 1) | |
| – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | CD (n = 1) | |
| 2 | 5 | – | 12 | 6 | – | 2 | 15 | 15 | AD (n = 15) | |
Note.—GM indicates gray matter; WM = white matter; WI = weighted images; TFCD = Taylor’s FCD; BC = balloon cells.
Data are number of patients.