Horner Syndrome and Thoracic Disc Herniation
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Cervical Disc Herniation and Central Horner Syndrome Hérnia de disco cervical e síndrome de Horner central
Horner syndrome, or oculosympathetic dysfunction, was described by the Swiss ophthalmologist Friedrich Horner in 1869,1 and represents the interruption of the cervical sympathetic nervous system. It is characterized by a symptom triad: ptosis (upside down ptosis), pupillary miosis and facial anhidrosis, although some authors associate a fourth symptom to the syndrome, facial hyperemia.2 It is a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Neurohospitalist
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1941-8744,1941-8752
DOI: 10.1177/1941874415588748