Acta Medica Okayama 48 3 2006 Panayiotopoulos syndrome: a consensus view 236 240 EN Colin Ferrie Roberto Caraballo Athanasios Covanis Veysi Demirbilek Aysin Dervent Sara Kivity Michael Koutroumandis Zarko Martinovic Hirokazu Oguni Alberto Verrotti Federico Vigevano Kazuyoshi Watanabe Despina Yalcin Harami Yoshinaga <p>The aim of this paper is to promote the correct classification of, and provide guidelines on, the diagnosis and management of panayiotopoulos syndrome (ps). an international consortium of established researchers in the field collaborated to produce a consensus document. the resulting document defines ps, characterizes its electro-clinical features, considers its likely pathogenesis, and provides guidance on appropriate management. we conclude that ps is a common idiopathic, benign seizure disorder of childhood, which should be classified as an autonomic epilepsy, rather than an occipital epilepsy.</p> No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. benign childhood epilepsy seizure susceptibility syndrome occipital paroxysms autonomic seizures atypical evolution stormy onset EEG children common diagnosis