Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and insidious neck pain.
Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is an arrhythmia usually secondary to autonomic imbalance, and it may occur in the absence of any structural heart disease. The case of a patient with paroxysmal AF, in whom the arrhythmia may have been a presenting symptom of a later diagnosed cervical schwannoma, is reported.
Nastri
M V
MV
Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, SP, Brazil.
Taricco
M A
MA
Alves
V A
VA
Mansur
A J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*