self-limited childhood occipital epilepsy https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/2170/epilepsy-benign-occipital https://www.malacards.org/card/epilepsy_benign_occipital GARD:0002170 BOE UMLS:C1851549 MONDO:0007558 Orphanet:25968 MEDGEN:377052 epilepsy, benign occipital icd11.foundation:49954675 OMIM:132090 A rare, genetic neurological disorder characterized by visual seizures and occipital epileptiform paroxysms reactive to ocular opening which present in infancy to mid-adolescence. Vomiting, tonic eye deviation and impairment of consciousness are typically associated with the Panayiotopoulos type, while visual hallucinations, ictal blindness and post-ictal headache are commonly observed in the Gastaut type. Electroencephalographic findings in both types are similar and include bilateral, synchronous, high voltage spike-wave complexes in a normal background activity located predominantly in the occipital lobes. benign occipital epilepsy childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome