title: [Segmental dysfunction of sweating in multiple system atrophy].
abstract: There are many different causes of anhidrosis. Sweat glands can be absent, atrophic or blocked; sympathetic innervation may be disturbed, or central nervous system damage may prevent perspiration. We present a patient with multiple system atrophy ( MSA) who presented with unilateral anhidrosis of the trunk. MSA is a sporadic neurodegenerative disorder of adults involving the pyramidal, extrapyramidal, cerebellar and/or autonomic system. The findings in our patient could be explained by a depletion of catecholaminergic sympathetic neurons of the thoracic spinal neurons.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Bochum.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saft
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrich
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Przuntek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stücker
mesh_terms: D001463:Barbiturates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019578:Multiple System Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D001463:Barbiturates; D007980:Levodopa