Posttraumatic hyperthermia: a possible result of fronto-diencephalic dysfunction.
A patient with traumatic bifrontal hemorrhagic lesions developed hyperthermia associated with autonomic dysfunction shortly after admission. This case illustrates that posttraumatic hyperthermia may also occur at a markedly less disturbed baseline neurological level, possibly secondary to disruption of fronto-diencephalic pathways.
van Hilten
J J
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Roos
R A
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