Skip to main content

Table 5 Comparison of clinical features among different types of corpus callosum disorders

From: Demographic and clinical characteristics, seizure disorders, and antiepileptic drug usage in different types of corpus callosum disorders: a comparative study in children

Group

Number of subjects

Seizure disorders (%)*

Malformations of cortical development (MCD) (%)†

Types of MCD

A (Agenesis)

11

7 (63.6)

6 (54.5)

Heterotopia (1), polymicrogyria (1), colpocephaly (3), schizencephaly (1), holoprosencephaly (1), porencephaly (1)

H (Hypoplasia)

47

19 (40.4)

5 (10.6)

Focal cortical dysplasia (1), heterotopia (1), pachygyria (1), polygmicrogyria (1), schizencephaly (2)

D (Dysgenesis)

15

9 (60.0)

9 (60.0)

Focal cortical dysplasia (2), holoprosencephaly (1), macrogyria/pachygyria (3), porencephaly (2), schizencephaly (1), heterotopia (1), polygmicrogyria(1)

  1. *† The difference between groups was statistically significant for MCD † (p < 0.05, chi-square test), but not for seizure disorders* (p > 0.05, Fisher’s exact test)