Seizure disorders in patients with brain tumors

The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical data of patients with epi leptic seizures and diagnosed brain tumors, Analysis included 711 patients with primary and secondary brain tumors, 165 (23%) patients had experienced at least one seizure before tumor diagnosis, The mean time from the first epileptic seizure to tumor diagnosis was 16 months, The patient's age, loca tion and pathology of tumor were associated with occurrence of seizures, Se izures were more common in patients aged 30-50 years, Tumors involving the frontal, frontoparietal, temporal and frontotemporal lobes were associated with occurrence of seizures, According to the histological diagnosis, patie nts with mixed gliomas (62%), oligodendrogliomas (53%) and astrocytomas (42 %) experienced seizures most frequently, Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, B asel.