A Case of Orthostatic Dizziness Developed by Brainstem Tumor.
- Author:
Jae Hyuk KIM
1
;
Jong Ho PARK
;
Dong Cheol HAHN
;
Tae Yong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon Medical School, Incheon, Korea. neurocraft1010@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Orthostatic hypotension;
Vasomotor center;
Medulla
- MeSH:
Aged;
Brain Stem Neoplasms*;
Brain Stem*;
Dizziness*;
Humans;
Hypotension, Orthostatic;
Syncope
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2006;24(1):76-78
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Orthostatic hypotension rarely occurs as a result of central vasomotor failure. We report a 74-year-old man who presented with progressive orthostatic dizziness, and intermittent syncope that resulted from a ponto-medullary tumor. Orthostatic hypotension may develop due to the sympathetic failure of the vasomotor center, which is located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla.
