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Case Report on Sick Sinus Syndrome
Parveen S, Padmavathi B, Lavanya B
Middle East Journal of Medical Case Reports; 9-11.
DOI: 10.36348/merjmcr.2021.v01i01.003
Abstract: Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) a cardiac conduction disorder characterized by the symptomatic dysfunction of sinoatrial node. The sinus node is normal pacemaker of the heart and is responsible for the regular, rhythmic, heartbeat. Sick sinus syndrome affects about 3 out of every 10000 persons, and becomes more common with advancing age. The symptoms of the sick sinus syndrome include palpitations, fainting or dizziness, fatigue, weakness, confusion, chest pain, and disturbed sleep. Women and men are affected equally. As the age increases the number of pacemaker cells in the sinus node decreases and the normal wear and tear on the sinus node and the conduction system may result in SSS. The diagnosis is done by ECG, Holter monitor. In ECG SSS usually manifests as sinus bradycardia, sinus arrest, or sinoatrial block, and sometimes accompanied by supraventricular tachy arrthymias. The treatments of SSS include implantation of artificial pacemaker.
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Cardiac Mass Revealing an Infiltrating Bronchogenic Carcinoma Reaching the Controlateral Upper Lobe: A Case Report
M. Ijim, S. Ait Batahar, S.Abdala, L. Amro
Middle East Journal of Medical Case Reports; 12-15.
DOI: 10.36348/merjmcr.2021.v01i01.004
Abstract: A malignant tumor can invade all organs of the body by different ways, cardiac metastases of bronchial origin are generally less frequent, and there are few cases in the literature. We report a case of an intra-cardiac tumor revealing a bronchial carcinoma. We report the case of a 64-year-old man who was a smoker at 40PA. He presented with a 3 months evolving symptomatology made of dyspnea associated to a productive cough with whitish sputum sometimes streaked with blood. The patient also complained of a retrosternal pain irradiating to the interscapular region. The patient was apyretic but presented anorexia and weight loss. On physical examination, the patient had a tachycardia at 100 beats per minute, a right basal fluid effusion syndrome, with a WHO performance status at 1.The electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia at 100 bpm with the presence of some ventricular extrasystoles. The cardiac echocardiography showed a hypoechoic mass in the left atrium attached to the upper wall, The thoracic CT scan showed a locally invasive heterogeneous tumor, localized in the right lower pulmonary lobe and the mediastinum with intracardiac extension to the left atrium. The bronchoscopy showed a friable whitish tumor bud obstructing the right stump bronchus bleeding on contact, with another bud obstructing the segmental bronchus of the left upper lobar bronchus bleeding easily on contact, biopsies of the bud and aspirations for cytodiagnosis were performed.
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome after Receiving Sputnik Light COVID-19 Vaccine; a Case Report form Palestine
Hamdoon Abu-Arish, Abdelwadod Abuturki
Middle East Journal of Medical Case Reports; 16-18.
DOI: 10.36348/merjmcr.2021.v01i01.005
Abstract: We present this case of a 50-year-old man with no previous history of COVID-19 infection or recent viral or bacterial infections who presented as a case of Guillain-Barre syndrome 10 days after he received the COVID-19 vaccination. The diagnosis has been made on the basis of physical examination, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, and electromyography (EMG). The reported cases of GBS following vaccination supported the theory of molecular mimicry as an underlying pathophysiology for this disorder. However, research has not yet identified the exact mechanism at the molecular level. In the best of our knowledge, this is the first case from Palestine to be reported. We hope that our report will encourage further research on this issue and warn medical professionals to consider GBS as a possible diagnosis in patients who present with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) after vaccination with COVID19.
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