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  • Title: Childhood occipital epilepsy of Gastaut: a study of 33 patients.
    Author: Caraballo RH, Cersósimo RO, Fejerman N.
    Journal: Epilepsia; 2008 Feb; 49(2):288-97. PubMed ID: 17888075.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To characterize the electroclinical features and evolution of childhood occipital epilepsy of Gastaut (COE-G). METHODS: Children with electroclinical criteria of COE-G were retrospectively identified and followed-up clinically, and with sleep and awake EEGs between 1990 and 2007. RESULTS: We identified 33 patients with COE-G. In the same length of time, 201 children with Panayiotopoulos syndrome and 410 children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes were registered. COE-G had a peak age at onset of 8.5 years. Visual manifestations were the most common ictal event. Ictal deviation of the eyes was frequent. Approximately half of the patients had migraine-like symptoms. In all patients the seizures occurred while awake, and 11 also had seizures during sleep. The majority of the patients had occipital spike-wave discharges when the eyes were closed that disappeared or attenuated when the eyes were opened. Prognosis was excellent in 80% of the cases. CONCLUSION: This study confirms the existence of COE-G, a rare but well-defined syndrome within the group of idiopathic focal epilepsies in childhood.
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