title: Autonomic ganglionitis with severe hypertension, migraine, and episodic but fatal hypotension.
abstract: We report the clinical, pathologic, and immunohistochemical features of a severe hypertensive patient with recurrent migraine-induced hypotension. The patient died of migraine-induced vasomotor paralysis despite prompt institutions of fluid and sympathomimetic and parasympatholytic agents. Postmortem study revealed autonomic ganglionitis and neuritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center,Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. 02135, USA.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Coulter
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Adickes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Porterfield
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Pettinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000473:pathology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D009443:Neuritis / Q000473:pathology*