Gelastic syncope: An unusual condition.
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2012-01
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Gelastic syncope or laughter-induced syncope is a rare disease often misdiagnosed as narcolepsy or cataplexy. We report a 54-year-old man with syncopal episodes. Each episode started after laughter, leading to light-headedness with blurring of vision and loss of consciousness for a few seconds. The episodes resolved spontaneously. The treatment of gelastic syncope is the same as that for neurally mediated syncope.
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Patel S B, Parmar H A, Naik A M. Gelastic syncope: An unusual condition. National Medical Journal of India. 2012 Jan-Feb; 25(1): 21.