Recurrent syncope as a manifestation of a dopamine-secreting glomus vagale tumor

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1021-1022

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a   McKeon, Andrew ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDODRINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FLUSHING; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOMITING;

AGED; DOPAMINE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 79953199081     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821043e3     Document Type: Article

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