title: Asymmetric sweating and flushing in infants with esophageal atresia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgery Unit, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. da.cozzi@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Denis A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cozzi
authors.forename: Ermelinda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Totonelli
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceccanti
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frediani
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cozzi
mesh_terms: 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