Table 1: Characteristics of patients with Chiari I malformation and epilepsy.
Gender | Age at CM-I diagnosis | Age at onset of seizures | Presenting Symptoms | Type of seizure | EEG pathology | Outcome | Tonsillar herniation (in millimeters) | Associated symptoms |
F | 5 days | 5 days | Muscle relaxation and blue lips | Absence | Abnormal graph in anterior and posterior left quadrant and homologous area | Patient continuing Oxcarbazepine treatment, asymptomatic | 9 | Cortical dysplasia, |
M | 3 years | 3.5 years | Headaches | Headaches | Centrotemporal left pathology | Patient started on phenytoin which was sequentially stopped | 6 | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
M | 4 years | 4 years | Focal epilepsy | Focal epilepsy | Left frontal epileptic source in F7, F3 FP1 | Patient started on phenytoin which was sequentially stopped | 6 | None |
M | 1 month | 1 month | Born with fetal distress at gestational age 35 weeks | Absence and myoclonal epilepsy | General epileptic activity | Patient is currently treated with phenytoin | 6 | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |