Table 1 General characteristics, MRI findings of the overall sample of patients
From: Brain injury unmasking Ehlers-Danlos syndromes after trauma: the fiber print
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Patients’ Characteristics | |
Female gender | 53 (89.8 %) |
Age | 38.53 ± 15.5 |
Right handed | 28 (45.5 %) |
Previous history of trauma | 26 (44.1 %) |
Mean age of first trauma | 25.92 ± 16.04 |
MRI findings | |
Lesions of the reticular formation | 48 (81.4 %) |
Lesion in Fiesta sequence | 22 (37.3 %) |
Lesion in DTI sequence | 42 (71.2 %) |
Both reticular lesions | 16 (11.9 %) |
Lesion in the lenticular nuclei | 55 (93.2 %) |
Lesion in the anterior part | 54 (91.5 %) |
Lesion in the posterior part | 54 (91.5 %) |
Both lesions | 53 (89.8 %) |
Lesions of the corpus callosum | 58 (98.3 %) |
Injury of the arcuate fasciculus | 49 (83.1 %) |
Bilateral sub-cortical atrophy | 49 (83.1 %) |
Leucopathia | 10 (16.9 %) |
Numbers of signs on MRI | |
6 | 4 (6.8 %) |
5 | 32 (54.2 %) |
4 | 13 (22.0 %) |
3 | 8 (13.6 %) |
2 | 0 (0 %) |
1 | 0 (0 %) |
0 | 2 (3.4 %) |