Peripheral polyneuropathy after heat stroke

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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2006 May 2

Peripheral polyneuropathy after heat stroke

Abouelalaa K, Jault P, Borne M, i-Rouquette I, Brinquin L.

Departement d'anesthesie-reanimation, hopital d'instruction des armees

du Val-de-Grace, 74, boulevard de Port-Royal, 75005 Paris, France.

The authors report the case of a woman who developed a peripheral

polyneuropathy after heat stroke. All the classical aetiologies of

neuropathy were excluded. The final diagnostic was residual peripheral

neuropathy provoked by heat stroke. The sequella of heat stroke are

dominated by cerebellar compromise, but this case shows that peripheral

polyneuropathies exist even if they are rare. They raise the issue of

care because of severe neurological sequella.