Brain 17 Vienna

Epilepsy in brain tumor patients

 Approx. 30-50% of all brain tumor patients are affected by seizures => frequently first clinical manifestation of a brain tumor

 Seizures are particularly common in slowly growing tumors and tumors of glial origin

• DNET

100%

• Ganglioglioma

80-90%

• Low-grade glioma

70-80%

• Meningioma

30-60%

• Glioblastoma

30-50%

• Metastases

20-35%

• CNS lymphoma

10-15%