Nasal carcinoma – a rare indication for a permanent pacemaker
| Autor: | Simon Campbell, Sandro Lanzon-Miller, Paul Gurr, David Walker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Bradycardia Pacemaker Artificial medicine.medical_specialty Nose Neoplasms Case Reports Syncope medicine Carcinoma Humans Nose Sinus (anatomy) Aged biology business.industry Syncope (genus) General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Carcinoma Squamous Cell Carotid body medicine.symptom Permanent pacemaker business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Medicine. 4:165-167 |
| ISSN: | 1473-4893 1470-2118 |
| DOI: | 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-165 |
| Popis: | Cardiac sinus syncope is a recognised but rare complication of head and neck cancers. Although electrical pacing remains an important treatment to prevent further syncopal episodes related to bradycardia, vasopressor-related syncope remains a more difficult management problem. The article describes the case of a 66-year-old patient with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the nose, who presented with syncope and exhibited carotid sinus syncope related to both carotid body invasion and vasopressor mechanisms. Successful management by the insertion of a permanent pacemaker is described, and a review of the literature on this rare complication is given. |
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