ABDOMİNAL EPİLEPSİ: BİR OLGU SUNUMU

Giriş: Abdominal epilepsi çocuklarda gastrointestinal şikayetlerin nadir bir sebebidir. Paroksismal gastrointestinal yakınmalar, merkezi sinir sistemi bulguları, epileptik nöbete spesifik elektroensefalografi anormallikleri ve antiepileptik ilaçlara iyi yanıt alınması abdominal epilepsi tanısında temel unsurlardır. Olgu: Bu yazıda karın ağrısı ve kusma şikayeti ile polikliniğe getirilen 14 yaşında erkek hastayı karın ağrısının ender sebeplerinden birisi olan abdominal epilepsi tanısı ile sunmayı amaçladık. Sonuç: Tekrarlayan gastrointestinal şikayetlerin varlığında sistemik hastalıklara yönelik ileri incelemeler yapılmalı, eşlik eden nörolojik semptomlar sorgulanmalı ve elektroensefalografi yapılmalıdır.

ABDOMINAL EPILEPSY: A CASE REPORT

Introduction:Abdominal epilepsy is an rare cause of recurrent abdominal pain in children. Paroxysmal gastrointestinal complaints, symptoms of a central nervous system disturbance, electroencephalographic abnormalities which are specific for seizures and improvement with anticonvulsant drugs are basic factors for diagnosis of the abdominal epilepsy. Case:In this paper, we aimed to present a 14-year-old male patient who admitted to our outpatient clinic with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting with the diagnosis of abdominal epilepsy, which is one of the rare causes of abdominal pain. Conclusion:In case of recurrent gastrointestinal complaints, further investigations of systemic diseases should be made, accompanying neurological symptoms should be questioned and electroencephalography should be performed.

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