[Shy-Drager syndrome with disturbances of the respiratory rhythm and consciousness. A propos of an anatomo-clinical case].
The case, including pathological description, of a 65 year old man is presented. Severe disturbances in respiratory rhythm and consciousness occurring during wakefulness and sleep, progressing by acute exacerbations, developed after the disease had been present for 4 years and resulted in death after three months. Small degenerative lesions of the pontine nucleus, the locus coerulus, the intermedio-lateral column and the substantia nigra were seen.
D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000150:complications; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007498:Iris / Q000002:abnormalities; D008125:Locus Coeruleus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012894:Sleep Stages; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014202:Tremor / Q000150:complications*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
Syndrome de Shy et Drager avec troubles du rythme respiratoire et de la vigilance. A propos d'un cas anatomo-clinique.