Epilepsy Information

Benign childhood seizures with occipital paroxysms of early onset

• Presentation:
  - Age:5 years
  - Seizures types:
    * Eye deviation
    * Consciousness affected
    * Evolves to a generalized tonic-clonic seizure.
    * Three out of 10 patients develop partial status epilepticus.
    * Most seizures occur during sleep.
    * Vomiting during the seizure

• Diagnosis:
  - On EEG: occipital spikes

 Prognosis: excellent

• Treatment: none

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