[Reflex syncope as a preliminary symptom of a rhinopharyngeal lymphoma. A case report]

Minerva Cardioangiol. 1995 Nov-Dec;43(11-12):501-3.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / complications
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / complications
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Reflex, Abnormal*
  • Syncope / etiology*
  • Syncope / physiopathology