Spells (nonspecific)
DDx
- Neurologic: syncope or presyncope, vertigo, transient ischemic attack, absence seizure, temporal lobe seizure, pseudoseizure, migraine, narcolepsy, multiple sclerosis, porphyria
- Psychiatric: anxiety, panic attack, conversion disorder, domestic violence
- Cardiac: arrhythmia, mitral valve prolapse
- Pulmonary: pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension
- Endocrine: hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia, pheochromocytoma, carcinoid, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, hot flashes (menopausal)
- Rheumatologic: CNS vasculitis
- Drugs, eg, alcohol, cocaine, withdrawal
- Infectious: Lyme disease, neurosyphilis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Spells (nonspecific)." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114845/all/Spells__nonspecific_.
Zeiger RFR. Spells (nonspecific). Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114845/all/Spells__nonspecific_. Accessed December 18, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Spells (nonspecific). In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114845/all/Spells__nonspecific_
Zeiger RFR. Spells (nonspecific) [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 December 18]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114845/all/Spells__nonspecific_.
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