The autors report a case of acute neurogenic pulmonary edema in a 28-year-old woman who presented rupture of an internal carotid artery aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The respiratory disorders started at the same time the patient's symptomatology aggravated. Some etiological and pathophysiological aspects on neurogenic pulmonary edema are revised.
acute neurogenic pulmonary edema; subarachnoid hemorrhage; internal carotid artery aneurysm; sympathetic nervous system; increased intracranial pressure