Idiopathic harlequin syndrome: a case report and literature review

Harlequin's syndrome is a rare dysautonomic syndrome of the face characterized by sweating with flush of one side and anhidrosis of the contralateral side. Mostly idiopathic although several secondary cases have been reported in the literature, the purpose of the treatment is mainly aesthetic a...

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Autores principales: Elboukhari, Khadija, Baybay, Hanane, Elloudi, Sara, Douhi, Zakia, Mernissi, Fatima Zahra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6754854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31558939
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.141.18102
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Sumario:Harlequin's syndrome is a rare dysautonomic syndrome of the face characterized by sweating with flush of one side and anhidrosis of the contralateral side. Mostly idiopathic although several secondary cases have been reported in the literature, the purpose of the treatment is mainly aesthetic and functional. We report the case of a patient having harlequin syndrome in its idiopathic form with a literature review.

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