Abstract
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder affecting all age groups. Any lesion within the brain can be potentially epileptogenic and therefore, causes for epilepsy are varied and include malformations, tumours, vascular disease, inflammatory and infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, trauma and rarely neurodegenerative conditions. This chapter deals with some of the more common causes of epilepsy and their neuropathology. There is a greater risk of sudden death in patients with epilepsy compared to the general population. The neuropathology of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is briefly discussed.
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Hilton, D.A., Shivane, A.G. (2015). Epilepsy. In: Neuropathology Simplified. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14605-8_8
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