The Cushing response evoked by a fourth ventricular brainstem mass

Mark Quigg; Reza Sadjadi; Cynthia Brown

doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000756

The Cushing response evoked by a fourth ventricular brainstem mass

Neurology. 2014 Sep 2;83(10):945-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000756. Epub 2014 Jul 25.

Authors

Mark Quigg¹, Reza Sadjadi², Cynthia Brown²

Affiliations

¹ From the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Quigg@virginia.edu.
² From the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Abstract

We report a case of a patient with a mass lesion of the pontomedullary junction with paroxysmal episodes of autonomic and other homeostatic dysfunction that echo the classic Cushing response to intracranial hypertension.¹

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Stem Neoplasms / complications*
Brain Stem Neoplasms / pathology
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / complications*
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / pathology
Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis
Cushing Syndrome / etiology*
Fourth Ventricle / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male