A case report of stellate ganglion block in the treatment of epileptic pain. Issue 6 (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Shengtao; Zhu, Yangzi
• Editors: Hanaoka., Kazuo
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 96:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: e6044
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: carbamazepine -- epileptic pain -- lidocaine -- stellate ganglion blocks; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

Abstract: Rationale: Stellate ganglion blocks have been shown to provide effective pain relief in a number of different conditions, but no one had reported stellate ganglion blocks for the treatment of epileptic pain. We describe a case report of the successful use of stellate ganglion block in the treatment of epileptic pain in the patient. Patient concerns: A 8-year-old girl who had experienced severe paroxysmal pain in her right upper limb. Diagnoses: She was diagnosed as drug-resistant partial epilepsy. Interventions: The patient received stellate ganglion blocks with lidocaine for 2 courses with 2 weeks in a course of treatment and oral carbamazepine once a day. Outcomes: Carbamazepine dosage gradually tapered until stop and epileptic pain attacks become less and less, eventually disappear. Lessons: Stellate ganglion block may be an effective treatment of intractable partial epilepsy. However, more research is now needed to verify the validity.