Seizures and cortical blindness after meglumine (hypaque) administration: a variant of autonomic dysreflexia

J Auton Nerv Syst. 1994 Jan-Feb;46(1-2):171-4. doi: 10.1016/0165-1838(94)90153-8.

Abstract

Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a syndrome that consists of facial flushing, excessive sweating, nasal congestion, throbbing headache and paroxysmal hypertension which may occur in response to bladder distension in patients with spinal cord lesions above the T6 level. We report the case of a C2 quadriplegic patient who developed clinical features of AD along with cortical blindness and seizures after administration of meglumine (Hypaque) for diagnostic cystogram.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Blindness / chemically induced*
  • Blindness / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meglumine / adverse effects*
  • Seizures / chemically induced*
  • Seizures / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / complications
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology

Substances

  • Meglumine