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Brain tumors, along with malformations of cortical development (cortical dysplasia), hippocampal sclerosis, and remote ischemic damage, are among the more common identifiable causes of pharmacoresistent chronic epilepsy. The majority of tumors arising in this setting present in the first two decades of life and fortunately most tumors tend to be low grade neoplasms, with at least half of the tumors representing glioneuronal neoplasms. The spectrum of tumor types which have been identified in this clinical setting of chronic epilepsy continues to expand with the recent addition of the angiocentric glioma to The WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. This chapter will review some of the more commonly encountered tumors that arise in the setting of medically intractable epilepsy.
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Prayson, R.A. (2011). Brain Tumors Arising in the Setting of Chronic Epilepsy. In: Hayat, M. (eds) Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 2. Tumors of the Central Nervous System, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0618-7_40
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