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| ==Epilepsy== | | ==Epilepsy== |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Epilepsy}} |
| *Seizure that are "idiopathic", i.e. no brain tumour, no mass lesion, no brain injury.
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| *Most common form: ''temporal lobe epilepsy''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/342150-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/342150-overview]. Accessed on: 20 November 2010.</ref>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref>MUN. 15 November 2010.</ref>
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| *Mesial temporal sclerosis = scarring of the medial temporal lobe.
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| **Involves: hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus and amygdala.
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| ***Hippocampus: CA1 and CA4 affected.
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| *Changes in CA1 & CA4 of the hippocampus - DDx:
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| **[[Epilpsy]].
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| **[[Dementia]].
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| ==Cerebrovascular accident== | | ==Cerebrovascular accident== |