A Case of Sick Sinus Syndrome Presenting as Exploding Head Syndrome

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Address for correspondence Hyun Jeong Han, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, 697-24 Hawjeong-dong, Deogyang-gu, Goyang 412-270, Korea Tel: +82-31-810-5403 Fax: +82-31-969-0500 E-mail: neurohan@kd.ac.kr Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is a rare syndrome experienced with explosive noise happening in a head. A 78 year old man visited for intractable headache with explosive noises. His vieo-electroencephalography monitoring showed tachy-brady arrhythmia on electrocardiogram. We diagnosed as a sick sinus syndrome (SSS) presented with EHS. We suggest SSS should be considered with the elderly patients who have EHS symptom. J Korean Sleep Res Soc 2012;9:61-63