Typical semiology of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS).
The ILAE (1989) has defined benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BCECTS) as follows: BCECTS is a syndrome of brief, simple, partial, hemifacial motor seizures, frequently having associated somatosensory symptoms which have a tendency to evolve into generalised tonic clonic seizures (GTCS) [1]. Both seizure types are often related to sleep. Onset occurs between the ages of 3 and 13 years (peak 9-10 years) and recovery occurs before the age of 15-16 years. Genetic predisposition is frequent, and there is a male predominance. The EEG has blunt high-voltage centrotemporal spikes, often followed by slow waves that are activated by sleep and tend to shift or spread from side to side.
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University department of Neuropediatrics, Children's hospital, Schwanenweg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. stephani@pedneuro.uni-kiel.de
D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012640:Seizures; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*