Ohry, A., Neurol. Rehab. Dept., Chaim Sheba Med. Cent., Tel Hashomer, Israel
Ezra, D., Neurol. Rehab. Dept., Chaim Sheba Med. Cent., Tel Hashomer, Israel
Brooks, M.E., Neurol. Rehab. Dept., Chaim Sheba Med. Cent., Tel Hashomer, Israel

A young soldier suffered from acute encephalopoliomyelitis. After the acute phase, during which artifical respiration was needed he underwent the regular rehabilitation process for almost complete tetraplegia and damage to cranial nerves. Two months after the illness began, malignant hypertension developed. The association between hypertension and the acute phase of poliomyelitis is well known. Combined adrenal, hypothalamic-bulbar and 9th and 10th cranial nerve damage appeared to be responsible for the malignant hypertension.