• Shengtao Wang and Yangzi Zhu.
• aDepartment of Pain, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan bDepartment of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, PR China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Feb 1; 96 (6): e6044.

RationaleStellate 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 ConcernsA 8-year-old girl who had experienced severe paroxysmal pain in her right upper limb.DiagnosesShe was diagnosed as drug-resistant partial epilepsy.InterventionsThe patient received stellate ganglion blocks with lidocaine for 2 courses with 2 weeks in a course of treatment and oral carbamazepine once a day.OutcomesCarbamazepine dosage gradually tapered until stop and epileptic pain attacks become less and less, eventually disappear.LessonsStellate ganglion block may be an effective treatment of intractable partial epilepsy. However, more research is now needed to verify the validity.

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