[Reflex syncope as a preliminary symptom of a rhinopharyngeal lymphoma. A case report].
The authors report a 57 year old patient affected by rhinopharyngeal NH lymphoma that appeared as a parapharyngeal space lesions-syncope syndrome. The activation of a cardioinhybitory reflex by the stimulation of the glossopharyngeal nerve seems to be the pathogenetic basis for his syndrome.
Chiodi
L
L
U.O. Cardiologia, Ospedale S. M. Annunziata, Firenze.
Cordopatri
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F
Rossi
D
D
Fazi
A
A
Vergassola
R
R
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
Sincope riflessa come sintomo d'esordio di un tumore del rinofaringe. Descrizione di un caso clinico.