Agenesis of the corpus callosum associated with paroxysmal hypothermia: Shapiro's syndrome.

Spontaneous recurrent hypothermia and hyperhidrosis associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum was first described by Shapiro and Plum in 1967. Since then, several cases with similar symptoms (now known as Shapiro's syndrome or spontaneous periodic hypothermia) have been described. We report another case of this syndrome in a 21-year-old-man, and discuss possible pathogenetic mechanisms and therapeutic approaches.