Asymmetric sweating and flushing in infants with esophageal atresia.
Of 136 infants with repaired esophageal atresia, one presented an unilateral facial flushing and 2 presented a flushing and sweating of one half of the body. The topography of these disorders and/or the associated clinical manifestations suggest that the asymmetry may be related to an instability of unilateral autonomic centers more than to a surgical injury of upper thoracic sympathetic chain during esophageal repair.
Cozzi
Denis A
DA
Pediatric Surgery Unit, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. da.cozzi@uniroma1.it
Mele
Ermelinda
E
Totonelli
Giorgia
G
Ceccanti
Silvia
S
Frediani
Simone
S
Cozzi
Francesco
F
D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013546:Sweating