Abstract
We report a 54-year-old man who developed bilateral bulbar palsy and severe postural
hypotension following resection of a fourth ventricle subependymoma. It is proposed
that interruption of the function of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius (in which
the baroreflex is integrated) may have been responsible for the postural hypotension.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
February 8,
2009
Received:
January 14,
2009
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