Sauna stroke syndrome.
This report describes a 64-year-old man with a large cerebral infarction during sauna bathing. He had no typical cerebrovascular risk factors. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a patent foramen ovale of 5-mm diameter. In this patient a causal relationship between stroke and sauna bathing is considered and described by the term "sauna stroke syndrome."
Heckmann
Josef G
JG
Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Rauch
Christoph
C
Seidler
Sia
S
Dütsch
Matthias
M
Kasper
Burkhard
B