Open AccessParoxysmal pain as the only presentation of focal epilepsy
Author(s) -
Garcez Daniela,
Marques Joana,
Fernandes Mariana,
Foreid John Peter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3143
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , etiology , presentation (obstetrics) , somatosensory system , electroencephalography , insular cortex , abdominal pain , cortex (anatomy) , anesthesia , neuroscience , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , psychology
Painful seizures can be the only feature of focal epilepsy. Its localization on a limb favors the epileptic etiology, while abdominal or cephalic paroxysmal pain is not so specific. Painful somatosensory seizures arise from operculo‐insular cortex.
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