title: Hypertensive encephalopathy as a late complication of autonomic dysreflexia in a 12-year-old boy with a previous spinal cord injury.
abstract: The scope of paediatric autonomic disorders is not well recognised, and paediatricians seem to be generally unaware of the complexity and diversity of their clinical manifestations. We report a 12-year-old boy presenting with hypertensive encephalopathy caused by autonomic dysreflexia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This observation emphasises the importance of the recognition of this rare autonomic disorder, which can have potentially life-threatening neurological complications.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Clinical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Zorana Djindjica 48 Boulevard, 18000, Nis, Serbia, bojko968@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bojko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bjelakovic
authors.forename: Lidija
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dimitrijevic
authors.forename: Stevo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lukic
authors.forename: Emilija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Golubovic
mesh_terms: D020211:Autonomic Dysreflexia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020343:Hypertensive Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae