title: Unique persistent neurological sequelae of heat stroke.
abstract: Heat stroke is a rare clinical phenomenon, characterized by systemic heat and cytokine-induced organ damage. Permanent neurological deficits rarely develop following heat strokes, and cerebellar dysfunction predominates among these rare cases. We report a case of severe heat stroke with recovery from severe multiorgan failure but with persistent neurological manifestations. These included a combination of resolving right-sided signs as well as persistent frontal subcortical dysfunction, with minimal, if any, cerebellar involvement. This combination and the absence of cerebellar involvement is an unusual neurological sequelae of heat stroke.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine A Department, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rav-Acha
authors.forename: Mony
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shuvy
authors.forename: Shalom
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagag
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gomori
authors.forename: Iftah
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Biran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D012307:Risk Factors