[Morphology of the Shy-Drager syndrome]

The changes found in the brain and spinal cord and vegetative ganglias in one observation of nerogenic orthostatic hypotension or Shy-Drager syndrome are described. The morphological picture corresponds to a variant of Shy-Drager syndrome with a wide involvement of the nervous system at its various levels. Its is concluded that a thorough examination of the nervous system (including the spinal cord and vegetative ganglia) should be done in all cases of Shy-Drager syndrome and clinically similar diseases accompanied by vegetative disorders, for instance in shaking palsy.