Rolandic epilepsy | |
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Other names | Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS), self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes |
Diagram showing the central sulcus of the brain. | |
Specialty | Neurology |
Benign Rolandic epilepsy or self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (formerly benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)) is the most common epilepsy syndrome in childhood.[1][2] Most children will outgrow the syndrome (it starts around the age of 3–13 with a peak around 8–9 years and stops around age 14–18), hence the label benign.[3][4] The seizures, sometimes referred to as sylvian seizures, start around the central sulcus of the brain (also called the centrotemporal area, located around the Rolandic fissure, after Luigi Rolando).[5]
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