OBJECTIVE: Childhood occipital epilepsy (COE) can mainly be divided into idiopathic (IOLE) or symptomatic lobe (SOLE). Idiopathic consists of Panayiotopoulos (PS) and Gastaut syndromes (GS). In this study, we aimed to classify COE investigate the segregations between groups according clinical features.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Nineteen patients with were enrolled. Medical records evaluated. Demogra...

Benign childhood focal seizures and related idiopathic epileptic syndromes affect 25% of children with non-febrile seizures and constitute a significant part of the everyday practice of paediatricians, neurologists and electroencephalographers. They comprise three identifiable electroclinical syndromes recognised by the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE)1: rolandic epilepsy which is w...

To the Editor: Inspired by C. P. Panayiotopoulos’ letter to you and F. Andermann’s response about epilepsy of Kozhevnikov (Epilepsia 2002:43:948–9), I would like to defend the famous name of John Hughlings Jackson because it seems to me his importance is underestimated. His priority in study of convulsions in brain connected to motor cortex is obvious. He was the first to use epilepsy as an ins...

Fixation-off sensitivity (FOS) is a rare phenomenon elicited by elimination of central vision and fixation, which even in the presence of light induces occipital paroxysms or generalized paroxysmal discharges. It is most commonly encountered in patients with idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsies but may also be observed in cases of symptomatic focal and generalized epilepsies. We describe a...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic partial epilepsies of childhood (IPE) affect a considerable proportion of children. Three main electroclinical syndromes of IPE are the Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centro-temporal Spikes (BECTS), Panayiotopoulos Syndrome (PS), and Childhood Epilepsy with Occipital Paroxysms (CEOP). In this study we investigated the long-term prognosis of patients with IPE and discussed ...