title: 'Oblongata' crises in tabes dorsalis.
abstract: A patient in the pre-ataxic stage of tabes dorsalis suffered from gastric crises, but in addition had numerous episodes of apnoea and coma which in the older literature have been described as 'oblongata crises'--the presumption being that the crises are due to a brain stem disturbance.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013606:Tabes Dorsalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins