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Table 2 Neurological symptoms

From: Ocular outcome and frequency of neurological manifestations in patients with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE)

Patient no.

Sex

Age at DOP (years)

Neurological symptoms

MRI

Lumbar puncture

1

M

24

Headaches, psychosis

Normal

nd

2

F

24

Headaches

Normal

nd

3

F

35

Headaches

nd

nd

4

F

21

Headaches

Normal

nd

5

M

31

Headaches

Normal

Abnormal

6

F

28

Headaches, myalgia, vertigo, paraesthesias both extremities

Normal

Abnormal

7

F

17

Headaches

Normal

Normal

8

M

58

Initially: headaches; later: stroke, hemiparesis, aphasia

Initially: contrast medium enhancement of optic nerve sheaths and nodular changes in the orbits, possibly granulomatous bilaterally; later: multiple areas of infarction, consistent with vasculitis

Initially: normal; later: abnormal

9

F

38

None

nd

nd

10

M

32

Hypaesthesia, right thumb

Single small unspecific gliotic changes, left hemisphere

nd

11

F

18

None

Normal

nd

12

M

34

None

nd

nd

13

F

16

None

Unspecific bilateral signal intensities in the subcortical frontal area, possibly gliosis

Recommended

14

M

17

None

nd

nd

15

M

28

Paraesthesias, right foot; hypaesthesia, right side of body

Normal

Normal

16

M

23

None

Consistent with right temporal small cavernoma pineal cyst

Normal

17

F

50

None

Normal

nd

18

M

21

Headaches

Normal

nd

  1. DOP date of presentation, nd not done, MRI magnetic resonance imaging