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Table 1 Cases of localized unilateral hyperhidrosis in the literature excluding isolated facial hyperhidrosis

From: Compensatory quadrant-hyperhidrosis after contralateral intrathoracic surgery: a case report

Cause of hyperhidrosis

Reference

Cases

Therapy

Idiopathic unilateral hyperhidrosis

 

Cunliffe et al. [7]

3

local anticholinergic*

 

van de Kerkhof et al. [8]

1

no

 

Dworin and Sober [9]

1

local Al2Cl6 *

 

Fernández and Armijo [10]

1

local Al2Cl6 *

 

Querol Nasarre et al. [11]

1

no

 

Köse and Baloglu [12]

1

no

 

Boyvat et al. [13]

1

antidepressant

 

Kreyden et al. [14]

1

botulinum toxin A *

 

Kocyigit et al. [15]

1

no

Intrathoracic neoplasia

 

Middleton [16]

1

no

 

Walsh et al. [17]

2

no

 

McCoy [18]

1

no

 

Wang et al. [19]

2

no

 

McEvoy et al. [20]

1

no

 

Lindsay et al. [4]

2

no

 

Umeki et al. [21]

1

no

 

Lambert et al. [22]

1

local radiotherapy *

 

Yamauchi et al. [23]

1

no

 

Slabbynck et al. [24]

1

no

 

Lee and Greenstone [25]

1

no

 

Nishimura et al. [26]

1

local radiotherapy *

 

Sribnick and Boulis [27]

1

sympathectomy *

Stroke – brainstem infarction

 

Mon and Mizotani [28]

1

no

 

Korpelainen et al. [29]

16

no

 

Rey et al. [30]

1

no

 

Rousseaux et al. [31]

5

no

 

Sato and Nitta [32]

1

no

 

Pellecchia et al. [33]

1

no

Stroke – cerebral infarction

 

Labar et al. [34]

2

no

 

Sakashita et al. [35]

1

no

 

Kim et al. [36]

5

no

 

Bassetti and Staikov [37]

1

no

 

Smith [38]

1

no

 

Faruqi et al. [39]

1

no

Postinterventional complications

 

Belin and Polo [40]

1

botulinum toxin A *

 

AÅŸik et al. [41]

1

local radiotherapy *

Spinal cord pathology

 

Pool [42]

1

hemilaminectomy *

 

Baskan et al. [43]

1

botulinum toxin A *

 

Kilinçer et al. [44]

1

no

 

Gorman [45]

1

improved bedding *

Sweat glands pathology

 

Kopera and Soyer [46]

1

appetite depressant *

 

Ruiz de Erenchun et al. [47]

1

antidepressant *

 

Parslew and Lewis-Jones [48]

1

no

Others (Buerger's disease)

   
 

Baker [49]

1

no

  1. (*) indicates successful therapy, (Al2Cl6) aluminum hexachloride.