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Horner Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A syndrome associated with defective sympathetic innervation to one side of the face, including the eye. Clinical features include MIOSIS; mild BLEPHAROPTOSIS; and hemifacial ANHIDROSIS (decreased sweating)(see HYPOHIDROSIS). Lesions of the BRAIN STEM; cervical SPINAL CORD; first thoracic nerve root; apex of the LUNG; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; and apex of the ORBIT may cause this condition. (From Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, pp500-11)

Entry terms

  • Bernard's Syndrome
  • Bernard Syndrome
  • Claude Bernard-Horner Syndrome
  • Horner's Syndrome
  • Oculosympathetic Syndrome
  • Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic Ocular
  • Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia

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