Gabapentin for treatment of neuropathic pain in a 12-year-old girl

Clin J Pain. 1998 Dec;14(4):354-6. doi: 10.1097/00002508-199812000-00014.

Abstract

We report on a 12-year-old girl with postthoracotomy neuropathic pain. A variety of treatments for the pain were ineffective. The symptoms resolved following the institution of therapy with gabapentin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / therapeutic use*
  • Amines*
  • Child
  • Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids*
  • Female
  • Gabapentin
  • Humans
  • Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Pain / etiology*
  • Pain / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Thoracotomy
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid*

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Amines
  • Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Gabapentin