title: [Severe forms of so-called functional epigastric pain].
abstract: The authors report 17 severe cases of functional epigastric pain. There was a long history of severe pain with an effect on general health. It was resistant to usual symptomatic treatment. There were two special characteristics: fixity in time, and the ability to produce the pain on palpation of the region around the aorta. A psychological study showed an unusual form of neurotic decompensation occurring under special circumstances. Drug treatment in hospital gave favourable results which were maintained 2 to 5 years later on follow up.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000150:complications; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Les formes graves des épigastralgies dites fonctionnelles