Acute, localised paroxysmal pain as the initial manifestation of focal seizures: A case report and a brief review of the literature

Pain

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Charlesworth, Gavin ^a,b   Soryal, Imad ^c   Smith, Shelagh ^a,b   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical pain processing; Epilepsy; Facial pain; Focal seizures; Painful seizures; Somatosensory seizures

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COGNITION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EEG ABNORMALITY; FACE PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 58749096871     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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