TY - JOUR
T1 - Mixed cranial nerve neuroma revealing itself as baroreflex failure
AU - Guasti, Luigina
AU - Simoni, Cinzia
AU - Scamoni, Carlo
AU - Braga, Simona Sarzi
AU - Crespi, Chiara
AU - Cimpanelli, Mariagrazia
AU - Gaudio, Giovanni
AU - Pedretti, Roberto
AU - Mainardi, Luca T.
AU - Grandi, Anna M.
AU - Tomei, Giustino
AU - Venco, Achille
PY - 2006/12/30
Y1 - 2006/12/30
N2 - We report here the first case of baroreflex failure due to a mixed cranial nerve neuroma in which the clinical manifestations (recurrent severe hypertensive crisis, hypotension) due to baroreflex arc impairment preceded the clinical diagnosis of brain tumour and neurosurgery by a few months. Given the clinical suspicion of baroreflex failure, even in the absence of iatrogenic clues, we propose that the patient's study should include neuroradiologic evaluation of the ponto-cerebellar angulus.
AB - We report here the first case of baroreflex failure due to a mixed cranial nerve neuroma in which the clinical manifestations (recurrent severe hypertensive crisis, hypotension) due to baroreflex arc impairment preceded the clinical diagnosis of brain tumour and neurosurgery by a few months. Given the clinical suspicion of baroreflex failure, even in the absence of iatrogenic clues, we propose that the patient's study should include neuroradiologic evaluation of the ponto-cerebellar angulus.
KW - Baroreflex failure
KW - Cranial nerve neuroma
KW - Hypertensive crisis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 16798103
AN - SCOPUS:33750991876
VL - 130
SP - 57
EP - 60
JO - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
JF - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
SN - 1566-0702
IS - 1-2
ER -