Micturition Syncope

Abstract

INTEREST in syncope of circulatory origin was stimulated by publication in 1935 of Weiss's1 monograph describing various clinical syndromes. Subsequently, the mechanisms of some types of syncope have been clarified. Recently, a group of patients were encountered in whom syncope occurred during or immediately after urination. No reports of this type of syncope have been found.Case ReportsCase 1. A 46-year-old salesman was examined on May 7, 1951, at the Cleveland Clinic. Since the age of 16, he had fainted 6 times at intervals of several years; the last attack had occurred about 3 weeks before examination. The 6 . . .