title: Medulla oblongata edema associated with neurogenic pulmonary edema. Case report.
abstract: Neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) occurs in association with central nervous system disease without underlying cardiopulmonary problems. It is characterized by profound pulmonary vascular congestion and a fulminant clinical course. Although several reports document a role for experimental brain-stem lesions in the production of NPE, there have been only two studies in man correlating specific brain-stem lesions with NPE. The authors report a case of NPE occurring in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease and a dorsal medullary syrinx with postoperative dorsal medullary edema. The anatomical location of this patient's lesion is reviewed in the context of alternative theories of the pathogenesis of NPE.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery