[The course and forms of epileptic attacks of the absence type in childhood].

In the modern literature the fits of absence type are divided into two groups: absence only and absence with generalized tonic-clonic convulsions, without considering whether absence episodes preceded the tonic-clonic seizures, or whether in early childhood tonic-clonic seizures appeared as first and absence attacks supervened later. In the light of an analysis of own material the authors believe this it is necessary to isolate a group of children in whom the absence attacks were preceded in early childhood by generalized tonic-clonic seizures, sometimes regarded as febrile seizures. In these children absence attacks appeared additionally usually at the age of 5-7 years, were mostly atypical.

[Diagnostic difficulties in inflammatory-obliterative processes in the posterior cranial fossa in children].

The authors discuss diagnostic difficulties in 3 cases of inflammatory-obliterative processes in the posterior cranial fossa in children. Clinical and other investigations suggested presence of expansive lesions. The diagnosis was established only during the operation.

[Benign childhood epilepsy with spike activity in the area of the precentral gyrus].

The authors report 18 cases of benign childhood epilepsy with spike activity in the Rolandic area. These cases were isolated from a group of 103 children with partial epilepsy. In agreement with the observations of other authors the benign course of this form of epilepsy is stressed.