Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report

Sudden death in a 66-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and exclusive metastatic involvement of the right stellate ganglion and right nerve vagus is reported. The patient also suffered from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated with quinidine. An autopsy showed exclusive...

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Autores principales: MAFFINI, F., PRUNERI, G., COLOMBO, N., ANSARIN, M., GROSSO, E., BRUSCHINI, R., CALABRESE, L., CHIESA, F., CIPOLLA, C., PELOSI, G., VIALE, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore SpA 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3468933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093818
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PRUNERI, G.
COLOMBO, N.
ANSARIN, M.
GROSSO, E.
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CHIESA, F.
CIPOLLA, C.
PELOSI, G.
VIALE, G.
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COLOMBO, N.
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description Sudden death in a 66-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and exclusive metastatic involvement of the right stellate ganglion and right nerve vagus is reported. The patient also suffered from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated with quinidine. An autopsy showed exclusive metastases to the right stellate ganglion and vagus nerve, along with decreased nerve fibre density in the ventricular myocardium suggesting that Wallerian axon degeneration of cardiac fibres was responsible for sudden death.
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spelling pubmed-34689332012-10-23 Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report MAFFINI, F. PRUNERI, G. COLOMBO, N. ANSARIN, M. GROSSO, E. BRUSCHINI, R. CALABRESE, L. CHIESA, F. CIPOLLA, C. PELOSI, G. VIALE, G. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital Case Report Sudden death in a 66-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and exclusive metastatic involvement of the right stellate ganglion and right nerve vagus is reported. The patient also suffered from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated with quinidine. An autopsy showed exclusive metastases to the right stellate ganglion and vagus nerve, along with decreased nerve fibre density in the ventricular myocardium suggesting that Wallerian axon degeneration of cardiac fibres was responsible for sudden death. Pacini Editore SpA 2012-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3468933/ /pubmed/23093818 Text en © Copyright by Società Italiana di Otorinolaringologia e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
spellingShingle Case Report
MAFFINI, F.
PRUNERI, G.
COLOMBO, N.
ANSARIN, M.
GROSSO, E.
BRUSCHINI, R.
CALABRESE, L.
CHIESA, F.
CIPOLLA, C.
PELOSI, G.
VIALE, G.
Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report
title Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report
title_full Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report
title_fullStr Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report
title_full_unstemmed Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report
title_short Metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. A case report
title_sort metastasis to the right stellate ganglion and vagal nerve: pathological alterations causing sudden death. a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3468933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093818
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