Haematological, neurological and psychiatric complications of chronic hypothermia following surgery for craniopharyngioma.

Autor: Griffiths, A. P., Henderson, M., Penn, N. D., Tindall, H.
Zdroj: Postgraduate Medical Journal; Aug1988, Vol. 64 Issue 754, p617-620, 4p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Chart, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: A patient is described who became poikilothermic following surgery for removal of a craniopharyngioma. Episodes of disturbed behaviour, neurological abnormalities, pancytopenia and deranged liver function could be correlated with episodes of more profound hypothermia on a background of a chronically lowered core temperature. The association of pancytopenia and neuropsychiatric disturbances with hypothermia is discussed with reference to reported cases of periodic spontaneous hypothermia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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