childhood occipital visual epilepsy
Findings
No curated finding names childhood occipital visual epilepsy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare, genetic neurological disorder characterized by childhood to mid-adolescence onset of frequent, brief, diurnal simple partial seizures which usually begin with visual hallucinations (e.g. phosphenes) and/or ictal blindness and may associate non visual seizures (such as deviation of the eyes, oculoclonic seizures), forced eyelid closure and blinking and sensory hallucinations. Post-ictal headache is common while impairment of consciousness is rare.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020308), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: childhood occipital visual epilepsy
- Also called
- benign childhood occipital epilepsy, Gastaut typechildhood occipital epilepsy (Gastaut type)COVElate-onset benign childhood occipital epilepsy