PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Labar, Douglas R.
AU  - Mohr, J. P.
AU  - Nichols, Fenwick T.
AU  - Tatemichi, Thomas K.
TI  - Unilateral hyperhidrosis after cerebral infarction
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.38.11.1679
DP  - 1988 Nov 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1679--1679
VI  - 38
IP  - 11
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/38/11/1679.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/38/11/1679.full
SO  - Neurology1988 Nov 01; 38
AB  - Unilateral hyperhidrosis occurred contralateral to acute cerebral infarctions in six patients. Two patients had localized infarctions of opercular cortex, while the other four had large strokes involving both superficial cortical and deep subcortical structures. The unilateral hyperhidrosis typically involved the face and arm and was transient, lasting 1 to 3 days. No other autonomic dysfunction occurred. One patient died, and the others had significant residual neurologic disability, thus indicating poor prognosis when this sign is present. Disruption of a pathway of cortical origin, inhibitory to contralateral sweating, is a proposed mechanism for the hyperhidrosis seen contralateral to acute cerebral infarction in these patients.