• Arch Neurol Chicago · Oct 2005

    Comparative Study

    Autosomal dominant erythermalgia associated with a novel mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit Nav1.7.

    • Jan J Michiels, Rene H M te Morsche, Jan B M J Jansen, and Joost P H Drenth.
    • Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research, Department of Haematology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
    • Arch Neurol Chicago. 2005 Oct 1;62(10):1587-90.

    BackgroundAutosomal dominant primary erythermalgia is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of red, warm, and painful hands and/or feet.ObjectiveTo describe the phenotypes and molecular data of a 10-member family with 5 symptomatic living patients with erythermalgia.ResultsThe clinical phenotype of this family was featured by episodic or continuous symmetrical red swelling, irritating warmth, and burning pain of feet and lower legs provoked or aggravated by warmth and exercise, and relief was always obtained by application of cold, such as putting feet in (ice-) cold water. The symptoms in this family were only partially controlled by analgesics and sedatives. All affected family members were heterozygous for a novel mutation (S241T) of the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit Nav1.7.ConclusionPrimary erythermalgia may be a neuropathic disorder of the small peripheral sensory and sympathetic neurons, and may be caused by hyperexcitability of Nav1.7.

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