Harlequin syndrome

Harlequin syndrome (HSD) is an autonomic disorder occurring at any age and characterized by unilateral flushing and sweating, involving the face and sometimes arm and chest, in condition of thermal, exercise or emotional stress without sympathetic ocular manifestations. However, tonic pupils, parasympathetic oculomotor lesion and pre- or postganglionic sudomotor sympathetic deficit can rarely occur.

Hyperhidrosis

Abnormal excessive perspiration (sweating) despite the lack of appropriate stimuli like hot and humid weather.


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PMID (PMCID)
29652689
 OTHER
Postoperative Harlequin Syndrome: Case Report of a Rare but Clinically Striking Condition.
Kydes AT, Kelley AM, Pandya SR, Barst SM.
A A Pract. 2018;10(8):215-217.
Harlequin syndrome is a rare neurological condition characterized by unilateral hyperhidrosis and erythema of the head and neck.
26399375
 FEMALE Adult
Harlequin Syndrome Following Implantation of Intrathecal Pumps: A Case Series.
Zinboonyahgoon N, Srinivasan S, Narang S.
Neuromodulation. 2015;18(8):772-5.
Harlequin syndrome (HS) is a condition that has been associated with one-sided sympathetic denervation of the face, characterized by contralateral hemifacial flushing and relative hyperhidrosis.
21796071
 FEMALE Adult
Treatment of Harlequin syndrome by costotransversectomy and sympathectomy: case report.
Sribnick EA, Boulis NM.
Neurosurgery. 2011;69(1):E257-9.
Harlequin syndrome is a rare neurological condition involving various degrees of unilateral hyperhidrosis and erythema of the head and neck.