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Table 3 Neuroimaging and EEG findings among patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (N = 35)

From: Drug resistant epilepsy and associated factors among children with epilepsies in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Category

Number

Percentage (%)

EEG

Normal

6

17.1

Abnormal

29

82.8

MRI

Normal

7

20

Abnormal

28

80

MRI abnormalities (N = 28)

Congenital structural anomalies

2

7.1

Gliosis

5

17.9

Multi Cystic encephalomalacia

10

35.7

Vascular (stroke)

2

7.1

Hydrocephalus

(Post meningitis)

1

3.6

Brain atrophy

6

21.4

Mesial temporal lobe sclerosis

2

7.1