AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA IN PURE PROGRESSIVE AUTONOMIC FAILURE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
MITSUI T KAWAI H TAGUCHI E MIYAMOTO H SAITO S
Citation
T. Mitsui et al., AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA IN PURE PROGRESSIVE AUTONOMIC FAILURE - A CASE-REPORT, Neurology, 43(9), 1993, pp. 1823-1825
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
43
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1823 - 1825
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1993)43:9<1823:AHIPPA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A 60-year-old woman suffered from recurrent episodes of fever, hyperte nsion, facial flushing, vomiting, stridor, slowly progressive symptoms of hypohidrosis, and orthostatic hypotension. The episodes were synch ronous with elevated catecholamine concentration in plasma and urine. This is an example of paroxysmal autonomic hyperreflexia in a setting of pure progressive autonomic failure.