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Table 2 Congenital MRI abnormalities in participants with epilepsy who had brain MRI studies done at two urban hospitals in Kampala, Uganda

From: Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings among children with epilepsy in two urban hospital settings, Kampala-Uganda: a descriptive study

Congenital abnormalities

N(percentage)

1. Hippocampal abnormalities

 

 Incomplete Hippocampal inversion

1 (0.68%)

 Choroidal fissure cyst

3 (2.04%)

 Hippocampal sulcal remnant cyst

1 (0.68%)

2. Microcephaly*

1 (0.68%)

3. Disorders of cortical development

 

 Focal Cortical dysplasia

5 (3.4%)

  Type 1

2 (1.36%)

  Type 2

2 (1.36%)

  Type 3

1 (0.68%)

 Hemimegalencephaly

2 (1.36%)

 Heterotopias

3 (2.04%)

 Lissencephaly-pachygyria spectrum

5 (3.4%)

4. Neuro-metabolic disorders

3 (2.04%)

 Leigh disease

1 (0.68%)

 Unspecified

2 (1.36%)

5. Posterior fossa anomalies

3 (2.04%)

6. Aqueductal stenosis

5 (3.4%)

7. Corpus callosal dysgenesis

4 (2.72%)

8. Arachnoid cyst

1 (0.68%)

9. Tuberous sclerosis complex

2 (1.36%)

10. Holoprosenecephaly

1 (0.68%)

11. Colloid cyst

1 (0.68%)

  1. *Microcephaly was clinically diagnosed and had radiological abnormalities