Neurológia pre prax 3/2014

Ideopathic „benign” focal epilepsies in childhood

Benign focal epilepsies (BFE) are one of the most frequent epilepsies in childhood. They are usually described as an epileptic spectrum, whose nosologic units have the same pathogenetic base, may show blurry boundaries among them and may convert during the time. Besides well-known epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes or Panayiotopoulos syndrome, there are new recently defined syndromes, completing the spectrum. Nowadays, the molecular genetic background of BFE is the largest area of interest as well as the research of psychologic-psychiatric comorbidities, which acquire searching for answer the question: Are the benign focal epilepsies really benign?

Keywords: benign focal epilepsies, benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes, Panayiotopoulos type, atypical evolution, epileptic encephalopaties.