Table 1.
Patients profile | |
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Total number of patients | 19 |
Mean age, years (range) | 12.8 (5–17) |
Male patients, n (%) | 10 (52.6) |
Left-hemispheric epilepsy, n (%) | 13 (68.4) |
Mean number of antiepileptic drugs | 1.9 |
MRI findings | |
Tumor, n (%) | 6 (31.6) |
Dysplasia, n (%) | 1 (5.2) |
No mass lesion, n (%) | 12 (63.2) |
[Pathology in patients with no MRI-visible mass lesion] | |
[*Gliosis + Hippocampal neuronal loss, n (%)] | 8 (42.1) |
[Gliosis alone, n (%)] | 2 (10.5) |
[*Gliosis + Hippocampal neuronal loss + Dysplasia, n (%)] | 1 (5.2) |
[Gliosis + Dysplasia, n (%)] | 1 (5.2) |
Nine patients showed pathological findings consistent with a diagnosis of hippocampal sclerosis. MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.