Spontaneous periodic hypothermia and hyperhidrosis.

Abstract

We present a patient diagnosed with Shapiro syndrome without corpus callosum agenesis. A 4-year-old-girl was admitted to the hospital with complaints of sweating, cooling, and drowsiness that continued during the last week of her admission. Attacks occurred almost daily, and lasted for about 1 hour. All laboratory findings, as well as Holter and echocardiography results, were normal. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an intact corpus callosum, and electroencephalography obtained during an attack revealed normal findings. However, technetium 99m-labeled hexamethylpropylene amine oxime brain single-photon emission computed tomography indicated increased perfusion in the right thalamus, basal ganglia, and inferior frontal areas during a hypothermic period. Although oxcarbazepine reduced the frequency of attacks, they were not halted completely. The patient responded better to carbamazepine.

• Authors: Nihal Olgac Dundar, Adil Boz, Ozgur Duman, Funda Aydin, Senay Haspolat
• Journal: Pediatric neurology (Pediatr Neurol) Vol. 39 Issue 6 Pg. 438-40 (Dec 2008) ISSN: 0887-8994 [Print] United States
• PMID: 19027594 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• oxcarbamazepine
• Carbamazepine

Topics

• Carbamazepine (analogs & derivatives)
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Humans
• Hyperhidrosis (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Hypothermia (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Periodicity
• Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon (methods)