title: Epilepsy with severe abdominal pain.
abstract: We describe a patient who experienced recurrent episodes of abdominal pain as a prominent feature of his seizure disorder. Treatment with carbamazepine could not prevent these painful sensations, but a selective amygdalohippocampectomy completely controlled the episodic pain and the seizures associated with loss or alteration of consciousness. During the presurgical evaluation, the episodes of abdominal pain correlated with amygdalar seizure discharges.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Epileptologie und EEG, Neurologische Klinik, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eschle
authors.forename: Adrian M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Heinz-Gregor
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Wieser
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000601:surgery; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine