| |
Non-NPC patients
|
NPC patients
|
|---|
| |
n = 198 (%)
|
n = 12 (%)
|
|---|
|
Location
| | |
|
Single site
| | |
|
Frontal lobe
|
15 (7.5)
|
0
|
|
Fronto-parietal area
|
23 (11.6)
|
1 (8.3)
|
|
Fronto-parito-temporal area
|
17 (8.6)
|
1 (8.3)
|
|
Basal ganglion
|
12 (6.1)
|
0
|
|
Temporal lobe
|
17 (8.6)
|
6 (50)
|
|
Parieto-occipital area
|
22 (11.1)
|
1 (8.3)
|
|
Parietal lobe
|
15 (7.6)
|
0
|
|
Temporo-parietal area
|
16 (8.0)
|
0
|
|
Thalamus
|
4 (2.0)
|
0
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
3 (1.5)
|
0
|
|
Cerebellum
|
9 (4.5)
|
1 (8.3)
|
|
Multiple sites
|
45 (22.7)
|
2
δ
(16.6)
|
|
Multiloculated
|
41 (20.7)
|
3 (25)
|
|
Rupture into ventricle
|
62 (31.3)
|
5 (41.7)
|
|
Hydrocephalus
|
32 (16.2)
|
3 (25)
|
|
Median (IRQ) volumes of brain abscess (cm
3
)
β
|
13.19 (4.03-25.13)
|
17.49 (7.47-28.162)
|
- Note: β, neuro-imaging findings upon presentation; δ, located on the left temporal lobe; IQR, inter-quartile range.
