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Episodic hypothermia
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agenesis of the corpus callosum
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  • This patient has both an intracranial lipoma and agenesis of the corpus callosum. [101]
  • Neuroleptics can cause hypothermia and hypotension, especially in the presence of hypothalamic lesions. [102]
  • A different mechanism for dysthermia. [103]
  • Mentions that agenesis of the corpus callosum is seen in coumadin embryopathy. [104]
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    (1) Spontaneous recurrent hypothermia accompanying agenesis of the corpus callosum.
  Shapiro WR, Williams GH, et al.   Brain 1969;92(2):423-36.  Pubmed  Similars
    (2a) Episodic hypothermia.
  Lancet 1973 Aug 4;2(7823):246-7.  Pubmed  Similars
    (2b) Episodic hypothermia.
  Thomas DJ.   Lancet 1973 Aug 25;2(7826):449.  Pubmed  Similars
    (3) Editorial: Shake well before using.
  Vaisrub S.   JAMA 1973 Nov 5;226(6):662.  Pubmed  Similars
    (4) The CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations. Volume 1. The Nervous System.
  Netter FH. Summit, NJ; 1986: (Part 2):7.
    (5) Handbook of Clinical Neurology.
  Vinken PJ, Bruyn GW. Amsterdam: North Holland: 1976;28:317-329.
    (-) Blowing hot and cold: "near miss" sudden infant death and episodic hypothermia.
  Dunne KP, McKay M, et al.   Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1986 Oct 4;293(6551):856.  Pubmed  Similars
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    101.Spontaneous periodic hypothermia with lipoma of the corpus callosum.
  Summers GD, Young AC, et al.   J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1981 Dec;44(12):1094-9.  Pubmed  Similars
    102.Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 39-1988. A 76-year-old man with confusion, agitation, and a gait disorder.
  N Engl J Med 1988 Sep 29;319(13):849-60.  Pubmed  Similars
    103.Thermal epilepsy manifest as fever attacks [letter].
  Cohn DF, Avrahami E, et al.   Ann Intern Med 1984 Oct;101(4):569-70.  Pubmed  Similars
    104.Oral anticoagulant drugs [see comments].
  Hirsh J.   N Engl J Med 1991 Jun 27;324(26):1865-75.  Pubmed  Similars
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