Alleviation of drenching sweats following subthalamic deep brain stimulation in a patient with Parkinson's disease - A case report

M. K. Sanghera; C. Ward; R. M. Stewart; K. Mewes; R. K. Simpson; E. C. Lai

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2009.06.019

Alleviation of drenching sweats following subthalamic deep brain stimulation in a patient with Parkinson's disease - A case report

M. K. Sanghera, C. Ward, R. M. Stewart, K. Mewes, R. K. Simpson, E. C. Lai

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Abstract

We report a patient with Parkinson's disease whose whole body drenching sweats were completely alleviated by stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and/or adjacent structures. Sweating reappeared 4 h after the pulse generator (stimulation) was turned off and ceased when stimulation was resumed. Imaging studies with reconstruction indicated that stimulation of, or spread of stimulation from, the caudal medial aspect of the right subthalamic nucleus and/or the caudal aspect of the ventral thalamus/zona incerta may be responsible for alleviating the drenching sweats.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	246-249
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume	285
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2009.06.019
State	Published - Oct 15 2009

Keywords

Deep brain stimulation
Dysautonomia
Hyperhidrosis
Parkinson's disease
Subthalamic nucleus

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Clinical Neurology
Neurology

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