Condition |
Substrate deficiency |
Hypoglycemia* |
Cerebral hypoxia*¶ |
CNS abnormality |
Brain tumor* |
Brain abscess* |
Intracranial injury (head trauma)* |
CNS infection (meningitis, encephalitis)* |
Stroke* |
Interictal psychosis |
Temporal lobe epilepsy |
Landau-Kleffner syndrome |
SSPE* |
Systemic lupus erythematosus |
Metabolic disease |
Urea cycle defect* |
Acute intermittent porphyria* |
Wilson disease* |
Other |
Electrolyte disturbance*Δ |
Hepatic failure* |
Uremia* |
Postpartum psychosis* |
Hashimoto thyroiditis (Hashimoto encephalopathy) |
Thyroid storm* |
Antiphospholipid syndrome |
CNS: central nervous system; SSPE: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
* Life-threatening.
¶ Causes of cerebral hypoxia include cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary insufficiency, and severe anemia.
Δ Acute psychosis may be seen with hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia. Hypo- or hypernatremia may cause encephalopathy with delirium.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?