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A rare but treatable cause of recurrent chest pain - Ictal chest pain.
- Source :
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BMC Neurology . 12/30/2019, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p1-5. 5p. 1 Chart, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Chest pain as the primary manifestation of epilepsy is extremely rare and has only been reported once to date.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>We herein describe a 47-year-old woman with recurrent chest pain for 3 years. The cause of her chest pain remained elusive despite extensive investigations including comprehensive cardiac work-up. She was referred to the neurology clinic for one episode of confusion. Video-electroencephalographic monitoring detected unequivocal ictal changes during her habitual chest pain events. She has remained chest pain (seizure) free with a single antiseizure drug.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>This case underlines the importance of epilepsy as a rare yet treatable cause of recurrent chest pain. Further studies are required to determine the pathophysiology of ictal chest pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CHEST pain
*SEIZURES (Medicine)
*ANTICONVULSANTS
*ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712377
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 140956196
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-019-1575-0