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KMID : 0378020070500010018
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New Medical Journal
2007 Volume.50 No. 1 p.18 ~ p.21
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Dizziness Associated with Abdominal Pain - Medically Unexplained Symptom (MUS) : A Case Report
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Park Kyoung-Ho
Kim Jun-Gyu
Park Shi-Nae
Yeo Sang-Won
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Abstract
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The definition of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) accounts for patients who have clear psychiatric disorders that are accompanied by unexplained medical or neurologic complaints as well as those patients who report MUS in the absense of any identifiable physical or psychiatric disorder. Most frequent medically unexplained symptoms reported in a community are musculoskeletal pain, GI symptoms, ENT symptoms, fatigue, dizziness. This case report presents a woman who first visited our clinic for tinnitus since lost her consciousness 1 month ago, who complained intermittent abdominal pain followed by dizziness for 2weeks. After performing physical, oto-neurological and laboratory examinations, it was concluded that there was no substantial evidence of organic disease. On finding no evidence of organic disease, the patient was refered to a psychiatrist and treated with anticonvulsant and anxiolytic drug. After
7 days of treatment, tinnitus and dizziness were improved and abdominal pain resolved.
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KEYWORD
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Medically unexplained symptoms, Dizziness, Abdominal pain, Anxiety disorder
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