title: Seizures and cortical blindness after meglumine (hypaque) administration: a variant of autonomic dysreflexia.
abstract: Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a syndrome that consists of facial flushing, excessive sweating, nasal congestion, throbbing headache and paroxysmal hypertension which may occur in response to bladder distension in patients with spinal cord lesions above the T6 level. We report the case of a C2 quadriplegic patient who developed clinical features of AD along with cortical blindness and seizures after administration of meglumine (Hypaque) for diagnostic cystogram.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia 65212.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sahota
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hillard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001766:Blindness / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D008536:Meglumine