title: A fatal case of sun exposure in a multiple sclerosis patient.
abstract: A 35-year-old woman with a long standing history of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis became physically incapacitated by heat-induced muscle weakness while sunbathing and suffered fatal sun exposure. These deleterious effects of increased core temperature on the neurological symptoms have been documented for a half century. Elevation of the patient's core temperature may lead to either transient or permanent neurologic symptoms and signs that predispose to considerable morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Harbison
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Calabrese
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Edlich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*