Bradycardia as the First Sign of Brain Tumor: A Case Report

Abstract

Sinus bradycardia can be normal in specific instances. However, it had been sporadically documented in the literature as the first sign of a brain tumor. We report a case of a young man who was complaining of dizziness without any neurological sign, and found to have a sinus bradycardia. No underlying cardiac cause was found and he had non-significant medication history. Surprisingly his head computed tomography showed a fronto-temporal brain tumor. This highlights that bradycardia can be the first and the only warning sign for brain tumors, which is likely to be missed.




J Med Cases. 2018;9(4):119-121
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc3032w