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Table 3. Incidence of seizures due to different tumours.

Tumour types Percentage presenting
with seizures

Astrocytoma 70
Oligodendroglioma 92
Malignant glioma 37
Meningioma 67
Metastasis 47
Pituitary adenoma
9

Table 4. Incidence of seizures due to tumours at different sites.

Site Percentage with fits

Frontal 53
Parietal 68
Temporal 48
Occipital 32
Third ventricle 32
Thalamic
Pituitary region 8
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Table 5. Types of partial seizures and tumour aetiology.

Number of patients Percentage identified
with partial seizures as having tumour

Simple motor seizures 1211 21
Somatosensory seizures 98 56
Other simple sensory
148 24
seizures 228 13
Complex partial seizures

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