Phantom sweating: a novel autonomic paresthesia.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the biology of phantom sweating, a novel autonomic neuropathy symptom, based on a description of a patient with a small fiber and autonomic neuropathy.


METHODS
Clinical and laboratory assessments.


RESULTS
Evidence of a generalized small fiber and autonomic neuropathy.


CONCLUSIONS
Phantom sweating occurs frequently after sympathectomy but has not been reported previously in patients with a somatosensory or autonomic neuropathy. We suggest that this symptom is an autonomic paresthesia.
Lair
Lindsey
L
Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Laboratory, Dept. of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Gibbons
Christopher
C
Freeman
Roy
R
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013546:Sweating