The clinical characteristics of benign childhood occipital epilepsy / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the manifestations and electroencephalography(EEG) features of benign childhood occipital epilepsy in order to improve clinical diagnosis.Methods The clinical and EEG characteristics of 26 patients diagnosed as benign childhood occipital epilepsy were retrospectively reviewed.Results The clinical characteristics were as follow(1)Visual symptoms.(2)Motor symptomsversive seizure tonic clonic seizures.(3)Automatism EEG featuresdischarge over one both occipital lobe.Conclusion Benign childhood occipital is a distinctive epilepsy syndrome.Understanding the clinical manifestations and EEG features can lead to obtain correct diagnosis.