Syncope associated with pain as the presenting feature of neck malignancy: Failure of cardiac pacemaker to prevent attacks in two cases

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1301-1303

  Worth, Paul F ^a,b   Stevens, J C ^a   Lasri, F ^a   Brew, S ^a   Reilly, M M ^a   Mathias, C J ^a   Rudge, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; FUNCTION TEST; HEADACHE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; NECK CANCER; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYNCOPE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 23944459762     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.054510     Document Type: Article

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