Template:Seizure DDX

Seizure

• Epileptic seizure
  • First-time seizure
  • Seizure with known seizure disorder
  • Status epilepticus
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy
  • Non-compliance with anti-epileptic medications
• Non-epileptic seizure
  • Meningitis
  • Encephalitis
  • CNS abscess
  • Intracranial hemorrhage
  • Alcohol withdrawal
  • Benzodiazepine withdrawal
  • Metabolic abnormalities: hyponatremia, hypernatremia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia
  • Eclampsia
  • Neurocysticercosis
  • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
  • Impact seizure (head trauma)
  • Seizure with VP shunt
  • Toxic ingestion
  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (pseudoseizure)
• Intracranial mass
• Syncope
• Hyperventilation syndrome
• Migraine headache
• Movement disorders
• Narcolepsy/cataplexy
• Post-hypoxic myoclonus (Status myoclonicus)