Benign psychomotor epilepsy in childhood

: The studies made in latest years proved the existence of cases of epilepsy with partial complex seizures which have a benign evolution and which are characteristic of infancy and childhood. In these subjects attacks generally have monomorphic aspect for the same patient. A characteristic kind of attack is represented by a burst of anxiety, which manifests itself in different ways according to the age of the child. The normality of evolution, familiar epileptic anamnesis, the integrity of basic EEG, rapid answer to pharmacologic treatment contribute to define the benignity of the syndrome. However in some cases benign character can be confirmed by long term observations only.