Though an association between autoimmune diseases and sick sinus syndrome has been reported, there has been no report on the association of hypopituitarism and sick sinus syndrome. Herein, we provide the first case report of hypopituitarism accompanying sick sinus syndrome in a 51-year-old woman presented to our hospital with syncope due to cardiac arrest. The patient was successfully managed b...

Reports which describe sick sinus syndrome due to malignant lymphoma have been rare and only eight cases have been reported until now. This is a case of sick sinus syndrome and superior vena cava syndrome secondary to invasion of occult malignant lymphoma of the lung in a 60 years old male. There were no symptoms or signs of malignancy before the first presentation with sick sinus syndrome. Pat...

1. a. SSS b. SA block c. SA arrest Sick sinus syndrome is a disorder characterized by a dysfunctional sinus node. It is often idiopathic and a result of degenerative fibrosis of nodal tissue. Certain disorders such as amyloidosis, connective tissue disease, Chagas disease, and hemochromatosis are examples of intrinsic causes. Hypertensive heart disease and cardiomyopathies account for a smaller...

A 50-year-old university professor originally from South America had a 3-day history of paroxysmal attacks of rapid palpitations accompanied by near syncope and followed by transient flushing of her head and neck. She had a history of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis due to rheumatic fever at age 15, for which successful mitral commissurotomy was performed at age 36. Subsequently, recurrent atta...

The sick-building syndrome (SBS) is defined as the occurrence of an excessive number of subjective complaints by the occupants of a building. These complaints include headache, irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, lethargy, inability to concentrate, objectionable odors, and less frequently, nausea, dizziness, chest tightness, etc. These complaints will always be reported by a fraction of t...

Pendred's syndrome is defined as a triad of congenital perceptive hearing loss, goiter, and abnormal perchlorate test. Three brothers with Pendred's syndrome [P.S.] are reported. The oldest brother has hearing loss (he has been deaf and mute since childhood) and has a large goiter. A thyroid scan revealed euthyroid multinodular goiter and a perchlorate test was performed, and reported abno...