Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension as the initial feature of Parkinson disease

Clin Auton Res. 2012 Aug;22(4):203-6. doi: 10.1007/s10286-012-0165-7. Epub 2012 May 5.

Abstract

Autonomic failure is a common finding in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Here we describe a patient with PD in whom autonomic symptoms began 3 years before motor deficits.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Parkinson Disease / complications*
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Pure Autonomic Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pure Autonomic Failure / etiology*
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome / etiology*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods