Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome

Attout, Hassene and Amichi, Sofia and Belkheir, Youcef (2020) Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (12). pp. 1-2. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594

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Abstract

Spontaneous periodic hypothermia is a rare syndrome presenting with recurrent, centrally mediated hypothermia without an identifiable systemic cause or brain lesion. The case of an 88-year-old woman with recurrent hypothermia is reported. Despite intensive investigation, no other manifestations of hypothalamic or autonomic dysfunction were found. No corpus callosum lesion was seen on MRI. The patient was successfully treated with clomipramine chlorhydrate.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Periodic hypothermia, Shapiro’s syndrome, clomipramine
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici)
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 20 Dec 2021 14:44
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2021 14:44
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21147

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