Harlequin Syndrome
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Late Postoperative Harlequin Syndrome Coexisting With Horner Syndrome After Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
The predominant features of Harlequin syndrome are unilateral facial flushing and sweating. Harlequin syndrome has been reported in different clinical conditions including brain stem infarction, superior mediastinal neurinoma, and internal jugular vein catheterization.1,2 Idiopathic and iatrogenic cases have been reported. The clinical features of Horner syndrome are ptosis, miosis, enophthalmo...
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RATIONALE Harlequin syndrome is an extremely rare benign condition characterized by unilateral facial flushing and sweating. PATIENT CONCERN An 11-year-old boy presented with complaint of a right neck mass of 1-month duration. DIAGNOSIS The preoperative diagnosis was neurogenic tumor of vagus nerve or sympathetic nerve. INTERVENTIONS We performed right neck mass removal under general anes...
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A 45-year-old woman, with a history of asymmetric facial flushing, was presented to the Endocrinology Unit after pituitary macroadenoma removal. After other pathological entities had been ruled out, she was diagnosed with harlequin syndrome following a lesion of the postganglionic sympathetic fibers during transsphenoidal pituitary macroadenoma surgery. We herein report the first case of harleq...
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Harlequin syndrome is a rare disorder of the sympathetic nervous system characterized by unilateral facial flushing and sweating. Although its etiology is unknown, this syndrome appears to be a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. To the best of our knowledge, thus far, very few reports on perioperative Harlequin syndrome after thoracic surgery have been published in the thoracic surgic...
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Harlequin syndrome is a rare neurological condition that results in unilateral facial flushing and sweating. Although the syndrome is generally a benign condition with complete resolution if appropriate treatment is initiated, unilateral facial flushing can be a sign of several serious conditions and should be thoroughly investigated. Sudden onset of facial flushing related to harlequin syndrom...
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