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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2356-2358
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Cold Sensitivity as a New Side Effect After Sympathicotomy for Hyperhidrosis

Eric G. Lowe a , * , Philip D. Allmendinger, MD b , Robert Lowe, MD b

a University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Accepted for publication July 6, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Mr Eric G. Lowe, 72 Crescent Rd, Glastonbury, CT 06033 (Email: lowe{at}student.uchc.edu).

Extremity cold sensitivity is a previously unreported side effect of thoracoscopic sympathicotomy. We report a case of a young man who underwent thoracoscopic sympathicotomy for hyperhidrosis, after which cold sensitivity developed in his sympathicotomized right hand and arm. When exposed to cold, the right hand and forearm become numb and the skin temperature drops to uncomfortable levels, while the left extremity remains comfortably warm.




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