Cyclic fever, abdominal pain and grand mal seizures: case report.

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Case Reports1 April 1958CYCLIC FEVER, ABDOMINAL PAIN AND GRAND MAL SEIZURES: CASE REPORTRICHARD L. NAEYE, M.D.RICHARD L. NAEYE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-859 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn recent years a number of periodic disorders have attracted considerable interest.1, 2These recur over long periods of time without apparent deterioration of health. The variety of disease patterns and number of involved systems suggest multiple influences. Hereditary, infectious, endocrinologic, allergic and neurogenic causes have been suggested, but seldom confirmed. This report is concerned with a patient in whom three periodic disorders are shown to have coexisted over a period of more than 20 years. These are: (1) bouts of cyclic chills and fever; (2) episodes of acute abdominal pain, and (3) grand mal seizures. Certain features of...Bibliography1. Reimann HA: Periodic disease, a probable syndrome including periodic fever, benign paroxysmal peritonitis, cyclic neutropenia and intermittent arthralgia, J. A. M. A. 136: 239, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Reimann HA: Periodic disease, periodic fever, periodic abdominalgia, cyclic neutropenia, intermittent arthralgia, angioneurotic edema, anaphylactoid purpura and periodic paralysis, J. A. M. A. 141: 175, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. PenfieldErickson WTC: Epilepsy and cerebral localization, 1941, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. Google Scholar4. Holmes G: Spinal injuries of warfare, Brit. M. J. 2: 815, 1915. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Dunbar HF: Emotions and bodily changes, 2nd Ed., 1938, Columbia University Press, New York. Google Scholar6. WolfWolff SHG: Intermittent fever of unknown origin, Arch. Int. Med. 70: 293, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Richter CP: Unpublished data. Google Scholar8. Perera GA: Clinical and physiologic characteristics of chill, Arch. Int. Med. 68: 241, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HoeferCohen PFSM: Paroxysmal abdominal pain, a form of epilepsy in children, J. A. M. A. 147: 1, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Moore MT: Paroxysmal abdominal pain, a form of focal symptomatic epilepsy, J. A. M. A. 129: 1233, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. FultonKennardWatts JFMAJW: Autonomic representation in the cerebral cortex, Am. J. Physiol. 109: 37, 1934. Google Scholar12. SpiegelWestonOppenheimer EAKMJ: Postmotor foci influencing the gastrointestinal tract and their descending pathways, J. Neuropath. and Exper. Neurol. 2: 45, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication July 19, 1956.From the Departments of Medicine and Neurology, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Richard L. Naeye, M.D., Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons630 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNeurological manifestations of the Mendelian-inherited autoinflammatory syndromesNeurologic manifestations in familial Mediterranean feverFatores de risco da enxaqueca na faixa etária de 7 a 15 anosAbdominal epilepsy—a reappraisalFamilial Mediterranean feverConvulsive equivalent syndrome of childhoodEpilepsia abdominal na infânciaBody-temperature and the EmotionsThe Circulating Cancer CellAbdominal epilepsy 1 April 1958Volume 48, Issue 4Page: 859-864KeywordsAbdominal painEpilepsyEpileptic seizuresFeversNeurology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...