CHEIRO-ORAL SYNDROME BECAUSE OF CEREBRAL ABSCESS

Cheiro-oral syndrome usually results from acute small vessel disease w ith expected favorable outcome. Simultaneous ipsilateral perioral and hand involvement may be not only due to anatomic proximity but also du e to differential sensory threshold. A separate compensatory physiolog ic mechanism may explain the rarity of slower evolving lesions in prod ucing the cheiro-oral syndrome. Cerebral abscess, surgically treatable with subacute presentation, may produce an identical clinical syndrom e.