Horner Syndrome

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
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)
Synonyms:
  • Acquired Horner Syndrome
  • Bernard Syndrome
  • Bernard Syndromes
  • Bernard's Syndrome
  • Bernards Syndrome
  • Central Horner Syndrome
  • Claude Bernard Horner Syndrome
  • Claude Bernard-Horner Syndrome
  • Horner Syndrome, Acquired
  • Horner Syndrome, Central
  • Horner Syndrome, Pupil
  • Horner's Syndrome
  • Horner's Syndrome, Pupil
  • Horners Syndrome
  • Horners Syndrome, Pupil
  • Miosis, Innervational Defect
  • Ocular Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic
  • Ocular Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic
  • Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic
  • Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic
  • Oculosympathetic Syndrome
  • Oculosympathetic Syndromes
  • Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic Ocular
  • Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic Ocular
  • Ptosis Sympathetic
  • Pupil Horner's Syndrome
  • Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegia
  • Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegias
  • Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia
  • Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias
  • Syndrome, Acquired Horner
  • Syndrome, Bernard
  • Syndrome, Bernard's
  • Syndrome, Central Horner
  • Syndrome, Claude Bernard-Horner
  • Syndrome, Horner
  • Syndrome, Horner's
  • Syndrome, Oculosympathetic
  • Syndrome, Pupil Horner's
  • Syndromes, Bernard
  • Syndromes, Oculosympathetic
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