Cerebral hemorrhage due to autonomic dysreflexia in a spinal cord injury patient
| Autor: | E Portell, Jesus Benito, M. Vallès, Joan Vidal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hypertensive encephalopathy Vascular disease business.industry Encephalopathy General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Thoracic Vertebrae Surgery Central nervous system disease Neurology Anesthesia medicine Autonomic Dysreflexia Humans Autonomic dysreflexia Neurology (clinical) Complication business Spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injuries Neurorehabilitation Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Zdroj: | Spinal Cord. 43:738-740 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5624 1362-4393 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.sc.3101780 |
| Popis: | Case report. To report an uncommon case of cerebral hemorrhage due to autonomic dysreflexia (AD) in a spinal cord injury (SCI) patient. Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. An SCI patient developed AD due to urinary tract infection after surgery for a pressure sore. The hypertension was difficult to control and the case progressed to hypertensive encephalopathy. MRI of the brain was performed showing a hemorrhagic lesion on the left occipital area. The hypertension was finally controlled and the neurological status improved although with some cognitive deficits. This is an uncommon case of cerebral hemorrhage due to AD, showing the importance of an adequate diagnosis and treatment of AD to avoid this life-threatening complication. |
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