title: Sauna stroke syndrome.
abstract: 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."
authors: Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors: Josef G
authors: JG
authors: Heckmann
authors: Christoph
authors: C
authors: Rauch
authors: Sia
authors: S
authors: Seidler
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Dütsch
authors: Burkhard
authors: B
authors: Kasper