benign childhood occipital epilepsy, Panayiotopoulos type

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Disease Overview

Benign childhood occipital epilepsy, Panayiotopoulos type is a rare, genetic neurological disorder characterized by late infancy to early-adolescence onset of prolonged, nocturnal seizures which begin with autonomic features (e.g. vomiting, pallor, sweating) and associate tonic eye deviation, impairment of consciousness and may evolve to a hemi-clonic or generalized convulsion. Autonomic status epilepticus may be the only clinical event in some cases.

Synonyms

Panayiotopoulos syndrome
early-onset benign childhood occipital epilepsy

GARD Disease Summary

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Orphanet

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