Painful seizures with allodynia in an 11-year-old boy

Dev Med Child Neurol. 1999 Oct;41(10):704-7. doi: 10.1017/s0012162299001437.

Abstract

An 11-year-old boy's epileptic seizures started with a feeling of impending crisis, dizziness, headache, and a bad taste in the mouth. This was followed by swallowing and a burning sensation in the left hand. At the same time, other parts of the body experienced allodynia. MRI and CT scans showed a right anteromesial temporal lesion which proved at neuropathology to be a ganglioglioma. Lesionectomy resulted in complete cessation of seizures. Seizures were absent at an 18-month follow-up. Allodynia is discussed in relation to the locality of the lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Electroencephalography
  • Hand
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pain / etiology*
  • Seizures / complications*
  • Seizures / surgery
  • Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology*
  • Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed