title: [Harlequin syndrome in a melanoderm patient].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Harlequin's syndrome is a neurological disorder due to a dysfunction of the sympathetic innervation of the face. It has been rarely reported in the literature. The authors report one case occurring in a melanoderm patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 38-year-old melanoderm man, without any history of surgery or neck trauma, consulted for a strictly right unilateral facial hyperhidrosis. Clinical and radiological investigations concluded to an idiopathic Harlequin's syndrome. Therapeutic abstention was proposed because of non-invalidating symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Harlequin's syndrome is a rare sudoral and vaso-motor disorder. On dark skin, flush and erythrosis may be subtle and the diagnosis less obvious. Etiologies are varied but essentially idiopathic. Its association with others dysautonomic facial syndromes is possible. Main differential diagnosis is the Frey's syndrome. Treatment is not clearly codified.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, CHU de Treichville, BPV13 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Assouan
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, CHU de Treichville, BPV13 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Electronic address: salami_arnaud@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salami
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, CHU de Treichville, BPV13 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kadre
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, CHU de Treichville, BPV13 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: N'guessan
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, CHU de Treichville, BPV13 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anzouan-Kacou
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, CHU de Treichville, BPV13 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Konan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D044383:Black People; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology*; D005483:Flushing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Dysautonomia; Dysautonomie; Flushing; Hyperhidrose; Hyperhidrosis; Rougeur de la face; Sympathetic; Sympathique