Posterior fossa brain tumors and arterial hypertension.

Abstract

Hypertension caused by arterial compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla is well described. Much less information is available on the association between neurogenic hypertension and posterior fossa brain tumors. To date, multiple reports have supported the impression that a small subpopulation of patients with posterior fossa tumors can present with arterial hypertension, and many of those patients achieved significant improvement of their hypertension after tumor resection and medullary decompression. To review the relationship between posterior fossa brain tumors and hypertension, we detail the history, basic science, and clinical reports along with an illustrative case regarding this topic.

• Authors: Peter Kan, William T Couldwell
• Journal: Neurosurgical review (Neurosurg Rev) Vol. 29 Issue 4 Pg. 265-9; discussion 269 (Oct 2006) ISSN: 0344-5607 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 16924459 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Antihypertensive Agents

Topics

• Adult
• Antihypertensive Agents (therapeutic use)
• Blood Pressure (physiology)
• Ependymoma (complications, physiopathology, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Hypertension (drug therapy, etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
• Infratentorial Neoplasms (complications, physiopathology, surgery)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Neurosurgical Procedures