COLD SENSITIVITY SYNDROME
Authors: Edwin E. Goldberg, Dobson R. Pittman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 February 1959COLD SENSITIVITY SYNDROMEEDWIN E. GOLDBERG, DOBSON R. PITTMANEDWIN E. GOLDBERGSearch for more papers by this author, DOBSON R. PITTMANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-2-505 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHypersensitivity to cold has received insufficient attention as a definite clinical entity. The syndrome is not uncommon, despite the fact that only scattered case reports have appeared in the literature since the original description by Beheir in 1866. Familiarity with the syndrome assumes increasing importance today with the establishment of military and civilian populations in cold climates.CASE REPORTA 19 year old white male of German descent was referred to the 6604th U. S. Air Force Hospital from an Arctic Air Force Base on September 17, 1956, for evaluation of "an atypical Raynaud's phenomenon." The patient had been completely...Bibliography1. HortonBrownRoth BTGEGM: Hypersensitiveness to cold, J. A. M. A. 107: 1263-1269, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Wright IS: Vascular diseases in clinical practice, 1952, The Year Book Publishers, Chicago, pp. 324-331. Google Scholar3. KellyWise FJRA: Observations on cold sensitivity, Am. J. Med. 15: 431-438, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KobackerParkhurst JLHJ: Cold urticaria following measles in three sisters, J. A. M. A. 105: 662, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Horton BT: Cold allergy, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 2: 276-278, 1927. Google Scholar6. Duke WW: Relationship of heat and effort sensitiveness and cold sensitiveness to functional cardiac disorders, J. Allergy 4: 38-43, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KileRusk RLHA: Case of cold urticaria with unusual family history, J. A. M. A. 114: 1067-1068, 1940. Google Scholar8. UrbachHerrmanGottlieb EMFPM: Cold allergy and cold pathergy, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 43: 366-374, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. WitherspoonWhiteBazemoreHalley FGCBJMH: Familial urticaria due to cold, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 58: 52-55, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. VolpèBruce-RobertsonFletcherCharles RAAAWB: Essential cryoglobulinaemia, Am. J. Med. 20: 533-553, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Duke WW: Clinical manifestations of heat and effort sensitiveness and cold sensitiveness (relationship to heat prostration, effort syndrome, asthma, urticaria, dermatoses, noninfectious coryza and infections), J. Allergy 3: 257-274, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Samsøe-Jensen T: Cold urticaria; report of a case: passive transfer and in vitro, Acta dermat-venereol. 35: 107-110, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. ShermanSeebohm WBPM: Passive transfer of cold urticaria, J. Allergy 21: 414-424, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. NotierRoth VAGM: Treatment of hypersensitiveness to cold with Benadryl, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 21: 170-175, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. SaylorWright LLIS: Studies on two cases of urticaria from cold sensitivity, Am. J. M. Sc. 192: 388-395, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WirtschafterWilliamsGaulden ZTDWEC: Cryoproteinemia: an immunologic phenomenon, Am. J. Med. 20: 624-630, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication July 18, 1957.From the 6604 U.S.A.F. Hospital, A.P.O. 862, New York, N. Y., the Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Westside Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Edwin E. Goldberg, M.D., 510 Standard Office Building, 132 South Water Street, Decatur, Illinois. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLocalized cold urticaria associated with immunotherapyCryotherapy for postoperative pain relief following knee arthroplastyCold urticaria syndromes: Historical background, diagnostic classification, clinical and laboratory characteristics, pathogenesis, and managementRehabilitation MedicineA literary review on ice thera in injuriesCOLD HYPERSENSITIVITY STATESMedical genetics 1959 1 February 1959Volume 50, Issue 2Page: 505-511KeywordsEosinophiliaHospital medicineLaboratory testsPopulation statisticsRaynaud syndromeSteroid therapySyncopeSyphilisTachycardiaUrticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...