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Frostbite-like skin lesion as an autonomic symptom of Isaacs' syndrome
Hikaru Doi1, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Yasumasa Ohyagi
1Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
Abstract:
A 25-year-old woman complained of numbness of the extremities, following muscle rigidity and tenderness. The presence of anti-voltage-gated potassium channel antibody led to the diagnosis of Isaacs' syndrome. Twenty-seven months after the first symptom, she developed a pricking pain sensation in the lateral left foot, and then gradually developed a purple skin lesion resembling frostbite. The lesion completely disappeared 2 days later. An incidental episode occurred at the same site 8 months later. Frostbite-like skin lesions may be a rare autonomic manifestation in Isaacs' syndrome.
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