[A woman with unilateral flushing of her face].
A 42-year-old woman had symptoms of unilateral flushing and sweating of her face during exercise. The clinical diagnosis was 'harlequin syndrome'. This condition is caused by a defect of the sympathetic nervous system and is in most cases idiopathic.
Diakonessenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Utrecht.
A M Marieke
AM
van de Water
F E Frank
FE
Reuvekamp
D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013546:Sweating / Q000502:physiology