Doctor, Why Do I Faint When I Turn My Head to the Left? Is it Epilepsy or Syncope?

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Demirci, Serpil [1 ]
Cengizhan, Ersin [1 ]
Tufekci, Ahmet [1 ]
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[1] Suleyman Demirel Univ, Tip Fak, Norol Anabilim Dali, TR-32200 Isparta, Turkey
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Syncope; epilepsy; baroreceptors; carotid sinus; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; SEIZURES;
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10.4274/npa.y5498
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Syncope and seizure share some clinical characteristics which may lead to diagnostic confusion. Here we report the case of a patient with carotid sinus syncope due to recurrent hypopharyngeal carcinoma which was misdiagnosed as epilepsy. (Archives of Neuropsychiatry 2010; 47: 354-5)
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页码:354 / 355
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