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Post‐traumatic spontaneous recurrent hypothermia: a variant of Shapiro's syndrome
Author(s) -
Hemelsoet D. M.,
De Bleecker J. L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01609.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , corpus callosum , pathophysiology , clomipramine , magnetic resonance imaging , neuroscience , anesthesia , pathology , psychology , radiology
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.