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Postmeningoencephalitic dysautonomia: report of one case
Xixion Dune1, Wang-Tso Lee, Yu-Zen Shen
1Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Pediatric Neurology
|March 19, 2002
Abstract:
We present a patient with postinfectious dysautonomia, which developed 2 weeks after a meningoencephalitic episode. The chief dysautonomic symptoms and signs included constipation, urinary dysfunction, anhydrosis, ptosis, and orthostatic hypotension. Neurophysiologic studies revealed no involvement of the somatic nervous system. The dysautonomia recovered gradually 3 months later with minimal supportive treatment.