[Orthostatic hypotension disclosing an autonomic deficit in a case of Horton's temporal arteritis].
A 68 year-old hypertensive woman carried out, linked with the featuring complaints of temporal arteritis-polymyalgia rheumatica complex, an orthostatic hypotension caused, probably, by a spread immunocomplex damage. The presence of depression in Horton's Arteritis and its improvement with the complete recovery would show, perhaps, a central catecholaminergic failure.
Pastorino
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Divisione Neurologica, Ospedale S. Paolo, Savona.
De Merra
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Carozzi
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D000368:Aged; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000209:etiology*
Ipotensione ortostatica espressiva di deficit autonomico in un caso di arterite temporale di Horton.