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Morvan syndrome
Morvan syndrome is a rare medical condition
life-threatening, acquired neurologic disease characterized by neuromyotonia, dysautonomia and encephalopathy with severe insomnia.
Synonyms of Morvan syndrome
- Limbic encephalitis-neuromyotonia-hyperhidrosis-polyneuropathy syndrome
- Morvan fibrillary chorea
Prevalence
- <1 / 1000000
Age of onset
- Adults
Symptoms and Signs of Morvan syndrome
Symptoms resulting from the autonomic nervous system involvement
- blood pressure fluctuations
- hyperhidrosis
Symptoms resulting from the central nervous system involvement
- hallucinations
- confusion
- amnesia
- myoclonus
Symptoms resulting from the systemic involvement
- Weight loss
- pruritus
- fever
Few reported Thymoma
