Benign infantile focal epilepsy with midline spikes and wave during sleep
Benign infantile focal epilepsy with midline spikes and wave during sleep
Definition
Benign infantile focal epilepsy with midline spikes and waves during sleep is a rare infantile epilepsy syndrome characterized by age of onset between 4 and 30 months, partial sporadic seizures presenting with motion arrest, staring, cyanosis and, less common, automatisms and lateralizing signs, and characteristic interictal sleep EEG changes consisting of a spike followed by a bell-shaped slow wave in the midline region.
Also known as BIMSE — per MONDO