Benign partial seizures of adolescence

Abstract

Purpose: A benign syndrome of partial seizures in adolescents (BPSA) was described by Loiseau et al. in 1978, but confirmation of this syndrome has been lacking. We sought to identify BPSA among teenagers with new-onset focal seizures enrolled in our prospective first-seizure study and to assess the EEG and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Methods: We searched the study database for patients aged between 10 and 20 years with focal seizures who did not have idiopathic partial epilepsies, epileptogenic lesions on MRI, or recurrent tonic-clonic seizures during 2 years of follow-up. Results: The database contained 92 adolescents, including 37 with partial epilepsy, of whom eight (22%) ..