Claude-Bernard-Horner Syndrome: a case report

Authors

  • Zoila Fariñas Falcón Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara. Villa Clara.
  • Rubén Rangel Fleítes Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara. Villa Clara.
  • Rolando Guerra Iglesias Policlínico “XX Aniversario”. Santa Clara. Villa Clara.

Keywords:

horner syndrome/etiology

Abstract

The Claude-Bernard-Horner syndrome is characterized by miosis, ptosis and anhidrosis in patients with impaired oculosympathetic pathway, and within the causes which originate it are the iatrogenic ones. The case of a 29-year-old male patient is reported. He was diagnosed with a left-side neck tumor, which was operated, and a year later went to the ophthalmology consultation for upper eyelid drooping, decreased size of the left eyeball, decreased sweating and redness of the left side of the face. Studies were performed and the syndrome was diagnosed due to the permanent establishment of the symptoms.

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Fariñas Falcón Z, Rangel Fleítes R, Guerra Iglesias R. Claude-Bernard-Horner Syndrome: a case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 6 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];6(4):93-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/243

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2012): October-December

Section

Case Reports

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