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Chirurgia 2018 December;31(6):258-60
DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.18.04789-7
Copyright © 2018 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Post-thyroidectomy Horner’s syndrome
Vincenza P. DINUZZI ✉, Andrea FARES BUCCI, Giuseppe AMATURO, Ermenegildo FURINO, Luigi SIVERO, Rita COMPAGNA, Maurizio AMATO, Giovanni APREA
Department of Integrated Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Horner’s syndrome results from damage of cervical sympathetic trunk and is characterized by a typical triad of symptoms: miosis, eyelid ptosis, enophthalmos, with or without anhidrosis and hemi-facial vascular dilation. We describe a case of HB syndrome after three days from right loboistmectomy. The patient presented ptosis, miosis and enophthalmos in right side; however, anhidrosis and vasodilation of ipsilateral half face were not observed. Horner’s syndrome is a rare complication of thyroid surgery that should not be under evaluated especially considering the importance of the potentially permanent aesthetic alteration.
KEY WORDS: Thyroidectomy - Horner Syndrome - Postoperative complications