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Excessive sweating: an uncommon sign of basilar artery occlusion
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Excessive sweating: an uncommon sign of basilar artery occlusion

A Awada, A Ammar, S al-Rajeh and M Borollosi
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry, Vol.54(3), pp.277-278
01/03/1991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.54.3.277
PMCID: PMC1014402
PMID: 2030360

Abstract

Adolescent Arousal - physiology Brain Stem - blood supply Cerebral Angiography Cerebral Infarction - complications Cerebral Infarction - diagnosis Humans Hyperhidrosis - etiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Quadriplegia - etiology Sweating - physiology Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency - complications Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency - diagnosis
Excessive sweating of the face and, to a lesser degree, of the thorax and limbs, occurred after basilar artery occlusion in a 15 year old Saudi boy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a limited bilateral paramedian infarction of the rostral ventral pons. Basilar artery occlusion in children and adolescents is a rarity. Excessive sweating following such a stroke is rare in any age group. Clinico-anatomical correlations are discussed.
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