title: A case of idiopathic pure sudomotor failure associated with prolonged high levels of serum carcinoembryonic antigen.
abstract: We report a case of idiopathic pure sudomotor failure (IPSF) in which serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels elevated at onset, and remained high while anhidrosis lasted. We considered that changes in serum levels of CEA were related to the disease activity of IPSF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. nakachan@saitama-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakazato
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Naotoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshimasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013546:Sweating; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D013256:Steroids
keywords: Anhidrosis; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Idiopathic pure sudomotor failure; Sweat gland