Syncope or epileptic fits? Some examples of diagnostic confounding factors.
Syncope is a condition often misdiagnosed as epileptic seizures. However, the differential diagnosis between both conditions can be quite difficult, even for well-trained physicians. Four cases of epilepsy and/or syncope are reported, to exemplify this situation. Each case is discussed individually, and the confounding factors are analyzed.
Kowacs
Pedro André
PA
Unidade de Epilepsia, Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. pak@cwb.palm.com.br
Silva Júnior
Erasmo Barros da
EB
Santos
Heraldo Laroca dos
HL
Rocha
Samanta Blattes da
SB
Simão
Cristiane
C
Meneses
Murilo Sousa de
MS
Arruda
Walter Oleschko
WO
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018667:Tilt-Table Test