Author(s)

Hassan Al-Hail^1,2*, Stacy Schantz Wilkins¹, Boulenouar Mesroua^1,2, Gayane Melikyan^1,2, Nabil Azar¹, Naim Haddad^1,2, Basim Uthman^1,2, Maria Siddiqi¹, Ameer Jan¹, Rana Babur¹, Abdulraheem Alrabi¹, Dirk Deleu^1,2, Gonzalo Alarcón^1,2

¹Neurology Section (Medicine Department) and Academic Health System, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
²Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar.

Abdominal epilepsy is often unrecognised as an epilepsy condition, particularly in adults. We present a rare adult patient who suffers daily episodes of abdominal pinching pain described lasting for 30 seconds, often evolving to loss of consciousness. Scalp EEG-video monitoring showed interictal left temporal slowing and frequent left temporal epileptiform discharges. Three stereotypical complex partial seizures consistent with her habitual attacks were recorded. Two seizures showed a left temporal onset and whereas the third one appeared to start on the right temporal lobe. In patients with paroxysms of abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting, abdominal epilepsy should be considered after exclusion of the most common aetiologies for gastrointestinal conditions.

Focal Epilepsy, Abdominal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Ictal

Al-Hail, H. , Schantz Wilkins, S. , Mesroua, B. , Melikyan, G. , Azar, N. , Haddad, N. , Uthman, B. , Siddiqi, M. , Jan, A. , Babur, R. , Alrabi, A. , Deleu, D. and Alarcón, G. (2018) Temporal Epilepsy Causing Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Adults. World Journal of Neuroscience, 8, 270-276. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2018.82021.