Epilepsy Increase in the Elderly: Role of not Evolutive Epileptogenic Brain Lesions (NEEBLs)

Abstract

Epilepsy in the elderly is a very debated case because much depends on the causes and associated pathologies. In particular, in the presence of comorbidity it is often difficult to find an effective and safe antiepileptic therapy that does not interfere with other drugs and therefore must be personalized. New-onset epilepsy in the elderly is caused by two types of cerebral lesions: The first concerns progressive, evolutive lesions, on which one can intervene, such as tumors or cerebrovascular pathologies, often acute.