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Pseudoseizures as a complication of painful cervical ribs
Author(s) -
Evans A L
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1999.tb00551.x
Subject(s) - rib cage , girl , complication , medicine , psychology , cervical rib , electroencephalography , pediatrics , psychiatry , surgery , developmental psychology , anatomy
An 8‐year‐old girl is described who presented with seizures. These were subsequently found to be pseudoseizures, with no EEG changes. They were provoked by pain from cervical ribs. This cause of pain‐provoked pseudoseizures has not previously been described.