[Syncope and transitory amaurosis during mastocytosis].
In a 70-year old man who has been suffering for 20 years from mastocytosis, a syncope followed by a transitory amaurosis occured. Neurological complications of mastocytosis are exceptionnal. Syncope is the most frequent, secondary to a drop in arterial pressure due to an inappropriate discharge of histamin.
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D014582:Urticaria Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*
Syncope et amaurose transitoire au cours d'une mastocytose.