Case Report: Stroke in a child with type IV hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy: A coincidence or complication?

Hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy Type IV is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital insensitivity to pain and generalized anhidrosis and resulting in recurrent hyperpyrexia, self-mutilation behavior. The clinical presentation of a child with this rare disease complicated with stroke is described.