TY - JOUR
T1 - Resolution of generalized compensatory hyperhidrosis related to sympathectomy, after T2 sympatholysis
AU - Brock, Malcolm
AU - Georgiades, Christos S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - Compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) is common after sympathectomy, and most treatments are ineffective. We present a 36-year-old man whose CH was effectively treated with percutaneous sympatholysis. The patient’s axillary–palmar hyperhidrosis had been treated with T3–4 sympathetic ligation. The patient developed CH involving the head, face, back, torso and feet and was referred for computed tomography–guided percutaneous T2 sympatholysis for craniofacial symptoms, after which the patient experienced resolution of CH (complete face/neck/feet and partial back/torso), despite the treated level being above the previous ligation.
AB - Compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) is common after sympathectomy, and most treatments are ineffective. We present a 36-year-old man whose CH was effectively treated with percutaneous sympatholysis. The patient’s axillary–palmar hyperhidrosis had been treated with T3–4 sympathetic ligation. The patient developed CH involving the head, face, back, torso and feet and was referred for computed tomography–guided percutaneous T2 sympatholysis for craniofacial symptoms, after which the patient experienced resolution of CH (complete face/neck/feet and partial back/torso), despite the treated level being above the previous ligation.
KW - Compensatory hyperhidrosis
KW - Percutaneous sympatholysis
KW - Sympathectomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049922844&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85049922844&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/EJCTS/EZX275
DO - 10.1093/EJCTS/EZX275
M3 - Article
C2 - 28977371
AN - SCOPUS:85049922844
SN - 1010-7940
VL - 52
SP - 1231
EP - 1232
JO - European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
JF - European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -