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Table 2 Differential diagnosis of hypertension and dystonia.

From: Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia in a patient with tuberculous meningitis: a case report

Neurological

   Increased intracranial pressure (ICP)

   Non-convulsive epileptic seizures

   Central fever

   Autonomic dysreflexia

   Agitation

   Dystonia

   Lethal catatonia

   Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia (PAID)

Infectious

   Meningitis

   Sepsis

Drugs/toxins

   Delirium

   Serotonin syndrome

   Narcotic withdrawal

   Neuroleptic syndrome

   Malignant hyperthermia

   Scorpion envenomation

   Gammahydroxybutyrate intoxication

   Fenfluramine-phentirmine overdose

Other

   Pheochromocytoma

   Thyroid storm

   Renal artery stenosis

  1. Other diseases might share some features with paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia or other diseases with hypertension and dystonia.
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