Ross' syndrome

Ross' syndrome
Classification and external resources
Specialty dermatology
ICD-10 L74.8 (ILDS L74.840)

Ross' syndrome consists of Adie's syndrome (myotonic pupils and absent deep tendon reflexes) plus segmental anhidrosis (typically associated with compensatory hyperhidrosis).[1]

It was characterized in 1958[2][3] by A.T. Ross.[4]

By 1992, eighteen cases had been documented.[5]

See also

References

  1. Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP, ed. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set (2 ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. p. 539. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
  2. Otto Braun-Falco (2000). Dermatology. Springer. pp. 1093–. ISBN 978-3-540-59452-9. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. Yaşar S, Aslan C, Serdar ZA, Demirci GT, Tutkavul K, Babalik D (April 2010). "Ross syndrome: Unilateral hyperhidrosis, Adie's tonic pupils and diffuse areflexia". J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 8 (12): 1004–1006. doi:10.1111/j.1610-0387.2010.07400.x. PMID 20408939.
  4. Ross AT (November 1958). "Progressive selective sudomotor denervation; a case with coexisting Adie's syndrome". Neurology 8 (11): 809–17. doi:10.1212/wnl.8.11.809. PMID 13590391.
  5. Weller M, Wilhelm H, Sommer N, Dichgans J, Wiethölter H (April 1992). "Tonic pupil, areflexia, and segmental anhidrosis: two additional cases of Ross syndrome and review of the literature". J. Neurol. 239 (4): 231–4. doi:10.1007/BF00839146. PMID 1597691.
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