A Case of Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centro-temporal Spikes Presenting Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus

Abstract

A seven-year-old boy presented non-convulsive status epilepticus showing continuous diffuse high voltage slow waves in his ictal EEG. His interictal EEG studies revealed Rolandic discharges (RD) during sleep. After the first episodes, he presented occasional partial seizures showing right hemi-clonic convulsions of the face and upper extremity shortly after falling in sleep suggesting that he had benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECCT). This is the first report of non-convulsive status epilepticus in a patient with BECCT suggesting that the focal discharges of BECCT can cause non-convulsive status epilepticus by the generalization of abnormal discharges.