Ross syndrome, an entity included within the spectrum of partial disautonomic syndromes.
Ross syndrome is a degenerative peripheral nervous system disorder defined by the following triad: unilateral or bilateral segmental anhidrosis, hyporeflexia of deep tendon reflexes and Adie's tonic pupils. The most disturbing symptom is segmental compensatory hyperhidrosis. It has only occasionally been reported in the dermatological literature. We present a 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C who developed the characteristic triad of Ross syndrome within 1 month. The patient was otherwise healthy except for an aneurysm of the left medium brain artery not responsible for the syndrome.
Ballestero-Díez
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M
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de al Princesa, Madrid, Spain. martabd@aedv.es
García-Río
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I
Daudén
E
E
Corrales-Arroyo
Mj
M
García-Díez
A
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000502:physiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D015845:Tonic Pupil / Q000503:physiopathology*