Seizure in benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes

Epileptic Disord. 2010 Dec;12(4):306-8. doi: 10.1684/epd.2010.0346. Epub 2010 Nov 29.

Abstract

Rolandic epilepsy is frequent in children but seizures are rarely seen by the physician or captured by video-EEG monitoring. In most children the attacks are few and sporadic and generally occur at night. Also, a high percentage of children with benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BECTS) have characteristic centro-temporal spikes based on routine EEG monitoring and therefore do not require further tests such as telemetry or sleep studies. We report a video-EEG recording of a seizure in a patient with rolandic epilepsy which may be useful for educational purposes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Electroencephalography* / methods
  • Epilepsy, Rolandic / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy, Rolandic / genetics
  • Epilepsy, Rolandic / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Seizures / diagnosis*
  • Seizures / genetics
  • Seizures / physiopathology
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Video Recording / methods