[Cardio-respiratory anomalies in disseminated sclerosis].
A case of acute pulmonary edema without cardiac failure, infectious or toxic cause, revealing a Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.), one case of bradycardia during a bout in a known M.S. and one case of orthostatic hypotension without change of cardiac frequency, during a bout of a known M.S. are reported. The common point of these 3 cases is that during their autonomic failure, there were disorders pointing to the medulla oblongata: swallowing difficulties, rotatory nystagmus, vestibulo-cerebellar syndrome, sensory and motor defect of upper limbs. A plaque of M.S. in the medulla oblongata, particularly near the tractus solitarius could explain these cardio-pulmonary abnormalities unusual in M.S.
D000328:Adult; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*
Anomalies cardio-respiratoires dans la sclérose en plaques.