 |
|
Gustatory Phenomena After Upper Dorsal Sympathectomy
Alexander Kurchin, MD;
Raphael Adar, MD;
Amikam Zweig, MD;
Mark Mozes, MD
Arch Neurol. 1977;34(10):619-623.
Abstract
• In a series of 100 bilateral upper dorsal sympathectomies performed for palmar hyperhidrosis, gustatory sweating and other gustatory phenomena were reported by 68 of 93 patients (73%), followed up for an average of 11/2 years. These gustatory phenomena were quite different from physiologic gustatory sweating: a wide range of gustatory stimuli caused a variety of phenomena in varied locations. There was a negative correlation between the incidence of these phenomena and the occurrence of Horner's syndrome after sympathectomy. Analysis of our observations, and of clinical and experimental work of others, leads to the conclusion that gustatory phenomena after upper dorsal sympathectomy are the result of preganglionic sympathetic regeneration or collateral sprouting with aberrant synapses in the superior cervical ganglion.
Author Affiliations
From the Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, TelHashomer, Israel, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv (Israel) University.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 29, 1977.
Reprint requests to Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (Dr Adar).
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
Painful sweating
Goldstein et al.
Neurology 2004;63:1471-1475.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Differential effects of surgical sympathetic block on sudomotor and vasoconstrictor function
Schick et al.
Neurology 2003;60:1770-1776.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Improvement of diabetic autonomic gustatory sweating by botulinum toxin type A
Restivo et al.
Neurology 2002;59:1971-1973.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Enlargement of the Breast A New Side Effect of Transaxillary Cervical Sympathectomy: Case Report
Kott et al.
VASC ENDOVASCULAR SURG 1986;20:50-54.
ABSTRACT
|
