TABLE 2.
Population characteristics | |
Mean age, years | 25 (Range 4–52) |
Median age, years | 24 |
Sex | 19M/16F (M: F = 19:16) |
Clinical presentation | |
Seizures | 28/35 (80.0%) |
Headache | 26/35 (74.3%) |
Fever | 17/35 (48.6%) |
Paralysis | 11/35 (31.4%) |
Psychiatric symptoms | 10/35 (28.6%) |
Language disorder | 9/35 (25.7%) |
Antibody test (CBA) | |
Serum Mog-IgG | 35/35 (100%) |
Mog-IgG titer | 1:10–1:2560 |
EEG patterns | |
Slow wave | 8/18 (44.4%) |
Epileptiform wave | 5/18 (27.8%) |
Normal | 3/18 (16.7%) |
Neuroimaging | |
FLAIR hyperintensity | 31/35 (88.6%) |
Unilateral cortical involvement | 30/35 (85.7%) |
Bilateral cortical involvement | 5/35 (14.3%) |
Cortical involvement site | |
Parietal lobe | 24/35 (68.6%) |
Frontal lobe | 24/35 (68.6%) |
Temporal lobe | 15/35 (42.9%) |
Occipital lobe | 6/35 (17.1%) |
Intervention | |
HIMP | 30/35 (85.7%) |
IVIg | 5/35 (14.3%) |
Immunosuppressant | 9/35 (25.7%) |
Relapse | 2/35 (5.7%) |
Outcome | |
Fully recovery | 25/35 (71.4%) |
Partial recovery | 9/35 (25.7%) |
Death | 1/35 (2.9%) |
M, male; F, female; CBA, cell-based assay; MOG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; EEG, electroencephalogram; FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; HIMP, high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone; IVIg, intravenous immunoglobulin.