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==Epilepsy==
==Epilepsy==
===General===
{{Main|Epilepsy}}
*Seizure that are "idiopathic", i.e. no brain tumour, no mass lesion, no brain injury.
*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>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>MUN. 15 November 2010.</ref>
*Mesial temporal sclerosis = scarring of the medial temporal lobe.
**Involves: hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus and amygdala.
***Hippocampus: CA1 and CA4 affected.
 
Notes:
*Changes in CA1 & CA4 of the hippocampus - DDx:
**[[Epilpsy]].
**[[Dementia]].


==Cerebrovascular accident==
==Cerebrovascular accident==
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