Abnormal Thermology
Barre-Lieou And Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) After Craniotomy
Dr. Robert Schwartz
Posted on January 14, 2018, updated on September 30, 2019
38 yo male with a chief complaint of bilateral headaches associated with nausea, blurred vision, tinnitus, trouble swallowing, and photophobia. They are worsened by stress and hypoglycemia. Symptoms began after a craniotomy for a cavernoma. He was left with a right hemiparesis. He has a second complaint of right shoulder pain associated with a flaccid RUE. Cold stress sympathetic skin response thermology showed an asymmetry pattern over frontal and maxillary aspect of the face, anterior strap.