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Hyperhidrosis due to deep brain stimulation in a patient with essential tremor

Case report

Alan Diamond, Christopher Kenney, Michael Almaguer, and Joseph Jankovic

✓The authors present a unique case of hyperhidrosis as a side effect of a misplaced deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode near the ventrointermedius (Vim) nucleus in a patient with essential tremor. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed electrode placement in the left anterior thalamus traversing the hypothalamus. High-frequency electrical stimulation possibly resulted in unilateral activation of the efferent sympathetic pathways in the zona incerta. Although a rare complication, hypothalamic dysfunction may occur as a stimulation-related side effect of Vim-DBS.

In Journal of Neurosurgery Volume 107: Issue 5 (Nov 2007)