title: Fatal cerebral hemorrhage due to autonomic dysreflexia in a tetraplegic patient: case report and review.
abstract: Autonomic dysreflexia is the most important specific complication of high level spinal cord injury both in tetraplegic and in paraplegic patients above the midthoracic neural segment. It is a life threatening emergency that may lead to apoplexy. We present a case of fatal cerebral hemorrhage due to autonomic dysreflexia in order to demonstrate the gravity of this particular syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eltorai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vulpe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasravi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed