Abdominal Epilepsy, a Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain: The Need to Investigate Thoroughly as Opposed to Making Rapid Attributions of Psychogenic Causality

Giuliano Lo Bianco^{1

2

3}, Simon Thomson³, Simone Vigneri⁴, Hannah Shapiro⁵, Michael E Schatman^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche (BIOMETEC), Catania, Italy.
² I.R.C.C.S. CROB Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Potenza, Italy.
³ Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHSFT, Orsett Hospital, Pain Management and Neuromodulation, London, Essex, UK.
⁴ Pain Medicine Department, Santa Maria Maddalena Hospital, Occhiobello, Rovigo, Italy.
⁵ Department of Biopsychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

Editorial

Giuliano Lo Bianco et al. J Pain Res. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 26:13:457-460.

doi: 10.2147/JPR.S247767. eCollection 2020.

Giuliano Lo Bianco^{1

2

3}, Simon Thomson³, Simone Vigneri⁴, Hannah Shapiro⁵, Michael E Schatman^{6

7}

¹ Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche (BIOMETEC), Catania, Italy.
² I.R.C.C.S. CROB Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Potenza, Italy.
³ Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHSFT, Orsett Hospital, Pain Management and Neuromodulation, London, Essex, UK.
⁴ Pain Medicine Department, Santa Maria Maddalena Hospital, Occhiobello, Rovigo, Italy.
⁵ Department of Biopsychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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