benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

A childhood electroclinical syndrome characterized by partial seizures involving the rolandic area of the brain and electroencephalographic centrotemporal sharp waves.

Signs and symptoms

• Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure with focal onset
• Nocturnal seizures
• Focal-onset seizure
• EEG with centrotemporal focal spike waves

Also known as: BCECTS; benign Rolandic epilepsy; benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spike; rolandic epilepsy; sylvan seizures