TY - JOUR
T1 - Palpitations
T2 - Could they be neurogenic? A case report
AU - Gandelman-Marton, Revital
AU - Segev, Yoram
AU - Theitler, Jacques
AU - Rabey, Jose Martin
AU - Pollak, Lea
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Background: Palpitations usually occur in patients with arrhythmias of cardiac origion, in conditions associated with increased catecholamine levels, and in psychiatric disorders. A rare etiology of palpitations is seizures with autonomic features. Review Summary: We report a 24-year-old man with a several-week history of episodic palpitations, weakness, dizziness, and presyncopal phenomena. Subsequent events included loss of consciousness, with postevent confusion and tonic movements. A low-grade astrocytoma was diagnosed in the right frontal lobe. Conclusion: This case emphasizes the importance of detailed history in the diagnosis of epilepsy.
AB - Background: Palpitations usually occur in patients with arrhythmias of cardiac origion, in conditions associated with increased catecholamine levels, and in psychiatric disorders. A rare etiology of palpitations is seizures with autonomic features. Review Summary: We report a 24-year-old man with a several-week history of episodic palpitations, weakness, dizziness, and presyncopal phenomena. Subsequent events included loss of consciousness, with postevent confusion and tonic movements. A low-grade astrocytoma was diagnosed in the right frontal lobe. Conclusion: This case emphasizes the importance of detailed history in the diagnosis of epilepsy.
KW - Astrocytoma
KW - Palpitations
KW - Seizure
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33646804165
U2 - 10.1097/01.nrl.0000215787.45207.1e
DO - 10.1097/01.nrl.0000215787.45207.1e
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C2 - 16688017
AN - SCOPUS:33646804165
SN - 1074-7931
VL - 12
SP - 160
EP - 162
JO - Neurologist
JF - Neurologist
IS - 3
ER -