Table 2 Clinical characteristics of 8 cases with surgically resected SEGA associated with TSC
Patient no. | Sex | Age at operation | Date of operation | Approaches to the SEGA | Symptoms of SEGA (reason for surgery) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 6 | pre-mTORi era | surgical removal | enlarged lateral ventricle (prophylactic) |
2 | M | 10 | pre-mTORi era | surgical removal (+ frontal lobe focus resection) | enlarged lateral ventricle (prophylactic) |
3 | F | 19 | pre-mTORi era | surgical removal (emergency) | acute hydrocephalus (cure of iICP) |
4 | F | 6 | pre-mTORi era | VP shunt, then surgical removal | enlarged lateral ventricle (prophylactic) |
5 | M | 12 | pre-mTORi era | surgical removal | none (prophylactic) |
6 | M | 7 | pre-mTORi era | surgical removal, then VP shunt | enlarged lateral ventricle (prophylactic) |
7 | M | 9 | post-mTORi era | surgical removal | none (prophylactic) |
8 | F | 1 | post-mTORi era | surgical removal (+ total corpus callosotomy) | none (prophylactic) |