Post-traumatic spontaneous recurrent hypothermia: a variant of Shapiro's syndrome

Authors: Hemelsoet, D. M.; De Bleecker, J. L.

Source: European Journal of Neurology, Volume 14, Number 2, February 2007 , pp. 224-227(4)

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Abstract:

A 49-year-old man presented with episodic hypothermia many years after sustaining a contusional brain injury. Brain magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the destruction of the anterior parts of the corpus callosum without hypothalamic lesions. Nevertheless, delayed hypothalamic dysfunction at the neurotransmitter level is the probable pathophysiological key factor. Clomipramine treatment was beneficial. This case expands the spectrum of Shapiro's syndrome.

Keywords: hypothermia; post-traumatic; recurrent; Shapiro's syndrome; spontaneous

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01609.x

Publication date: 2007-02-01