Severe orthostatic hypotension associated with carcinoma of the bronchus.
A patient is described who had severe orthostatic hypotension. An account is given of his treatment with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and tyramine. At post-mortem, 8 months after the illness began, a small oat cell carcinoma of the bronchus was found. It is suggested that the orthostatic hypotension was a nonmetastatic manifestation of the underlying carcinoma.
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014191:Tranylcypromine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014439:Tyramine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014191:Tranylcypromine; D014439:Tyramine