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Syncope from radiation-induced baroreceptor failure. BMJ Case Rep 2017 Oct 11;2017

Date

10/14/2017

Pubmed ID

29025783

Pubmed Central ID

PMC5652877

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2017-221925

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85031325114 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   3 Citations

Abstract

Orthostatic hypotension has a vast differential that has been previously described throughout the literature. However, baroreceptor failure as a sequela of head and neck radiation is not often recognised as an important cause of dramatic haemodynamic variability. As a result, individuals suffering from baroreceptor failure likely have been undertreated. Herein, we report a case of a patient with a history of radiation to the neck for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and resultant baroreceptor failure resulting in syncope.

Author List

Janus SE, Hirai T, Mathew V, Rabbat M

Author

Scott E. Janus MD Staff Physician in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Humans
Hypotension, Orthostatic
Male
Pressoreceptors
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
Syncope
Tongue Neoplasms
Treatment Outcome