focal cerebral causes

Last reviewed 01/2018

Focal cerebral causes of epilepsy include:

• birth injury or cerebral malformation
• vascular lesions:
• CVA
• subdural haematoma
• vasculitis, e.g. SLE
• hypertension
• vascular malformation, e.g. Sturge-Weber
• tumour
• trauma
• irradiation
• atrophy
• degenerative disease, for example presenile dementia
• other neurological disease:
• multiple sclerosis
• leukodystrophies
• tuberous sclerosis: epiloia