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Frostbite-like skin lesion as an autonomic symptom of Isaacs' syndrome.

Authors :
Doi H
Arimura K
Ohyagi Y
Kira J
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2011; Vol. 50 (10), pp. 1113-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 May 01.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

A 25-year-old woman complained of numbness of the extremities, following muscle rigidity and tenderness. The presence of anti-voltage-gated potassium channel antibody led to the diagnosis of Isaacs' syndrome. Twenty-seven months after the first symptom, she developed a pricking pain sensation in the lateral left foot, and then gradually developed a purple skin lesion resembling frostbite. The lesion completely disappeared 2 days later. An incidental episode occurred at the same site 8 months later. Frostbite-like skin lesions may be a rare autonomic manifestation in Isaacs' syndrome.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1349-7235
Volume :
50
Issue :
10
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21576838
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4998