Acute dysautonomia associated with Hodgkin's disease.
A patient is described with acute dysautonomia associated with Hodgkin's disease. Testing of cardiovascular reflex control showed that this patient had a rare manifestation of autonomic cardiovascular neuropathy, namely intact parasympathetic heart rate control in combination with a sympathetic postganglionic lesion affecting the control of the vascular tree.
D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000150:complications; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000150:complications; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology