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

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

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 h...

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Main Authors: Hassene Attout, Sofia Amichi, Youcef Belkheir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2020-09-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
periodic hypothermia
shapiro’s syndrome
clomipramine
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1874
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spelling doaj-ce94822cfe654a7089d92f0c3bcfc29b2020-11-25T03:54:59ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-09-0110.12890/2020_0018741493Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised SyndromeHassene Attout0Sofia Amichi1Youcef Belkheir2Internal Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Ales, FranceInternal Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Ales, FranceInternal Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Ales, FranceSpontaneous 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.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1874periodic hypothermiashapiro’s syndromeclomipramine
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Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
periodic hypothermia
shapiro’s syndrome
clomipramine
author_facet Hassene Attout
Sofia Amichi
Youcef Belkheir
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title Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome
title_short Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome
title_full Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome
title_fullStr Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Periodic Hypothermia in the Elderly: A Rare or Under-Recognised Syndrome
title_sort spontaneous periodic hypothermia in the elderly: a rare or under-recognised syndrome
publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
series European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
issn 2284-2594
publishDate 2020-09-01
description 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.
topic periodic hypothermia
shapiro’s syndrome
clomipramine
url https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1874
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