Temporal Epilepsy Causing Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Adults
| Autor: | Nabil J. Azar, Abdulraheem Alrabi, Hassan Al-Hail, Gayane Melikyan, Ameer Jan, Rana Babur, Gonzalo Alarcon, Basim M. Uthman, Stacy Schantz Wilkins, Boulenouar Mesroua, Naim Haddad, Dirk Deleu, Maria Siddiqi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Abdominal pain
Nausea business.industry medicine.disease Recurrent abdominal pain 03 medical and health sciences Epilepsy 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Scalp medicine Vomiting 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Ictal Abdominal epilepsy medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Neuroscience. :270-276 |
| ISSN: | 2162-2019 2162-2000 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/wjns.2018.82021 |
| Popis: | Abdominal epilepsy is often unrecognised as an epilepsy condition, particularly in adults. We present a rare adult patient who suffers daily episodes of abdominal pinching pain described lasting for 30 seconds, often evolving to loss of consciousness. Scalp EEG-video monitoring showed interictal left temporal slowing and frequent left temporal epileptiform discharges. Three stereotypical complex partial seizures consistent with her habitual attacks were recorded. Two seizures showed a left temporal onset and whereas the third one appeared to start on the right temporal lobe. In patients with paroxysms of abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting, abdominal epilepsy should be considered after exclusion of the most common aetiologies for gastrointestinal conditions. |
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