Original article
Korean J Pediatr 2016;59(8):341-345
Korean J Pediatr 2016;59(8):341-345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.8.341 pISSN 1738-1061•eISSN 2092-7258
Korean J Pediatr
Venous angioma may be associated with epile psy in children Bo Ryung Kim, MD1, Yun Jin Lee, MD, PhD2, Sang Ook Nam, MD, PhD2, Kyung Hee Park, MD1 1
Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, 2Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Children’s Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea
Purpose: Venous angioma (VA) is the most common congenital abnormality of the intracranial vasculature. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between VA and epilepsy and to identify the characteristics of children with VA and epilepsy. Methods: The records of all patients aged less than 18 years who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at Pusan National University Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with isolated VA and patients with normal MRI were compared in terms of the prevalence of epilepsy. Results: In total, 2,385 pediatric patients who underwent brain MRI were enrolled. Isolated VA was identified in 26 patients (VA group). Among the patients with normal MRI findings, 225 age- and sexmatched patients to the VA-group were assigned to the control group. Nine patients in the VA group (9 of 26, 34.6%) and 27 patients in the control group (26 of 225, 11.5%; P
Korean J Pediatr 2016;59(8):341-345
Korean J Pediatr 2016;59(8):341-345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.8.341 pISSN 1738-1061•eISSN 2092-7258
Korean J Pediatr
Venous angioma may be associated with epile psy in children Bo Ryung Kim, MD1, Yun Jin Lee, MD, PhD2, Sang Ook Nam, MD, PhD2, Kyung Hee Park, MD1 1
Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, 2Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Children’s Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea
Purpose: Venous angioma (VA) is the most common congenital abnormality of the intracranial vasculature. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between VA and epilepsy and to identify the characteristics of children with VA and epilepsy. Methods: The records of all patients aged less than 18 years who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at Pusan National University Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with isolated VA and patients with normal MRI were compared in terms of the prevalence of epilepsy. Results: In total, 2,385 pediatric patients who underwent brain MRI were enrolled. Isolated VA was identified in 26 patients (VA group). Among the patients with normal MRI findings, 225 age- and sexmatched patients to the VA-group were assigned to the control group. Nine patients in the VA group (9 of 26, 34.6%) and 27 patients in the control group (26 of 225, 11.5%; P
