Horner syndrome

Horner syndrome
Definition
Horner syndrome is a rare condition that affects the nerves to the eye and face.
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors ...

What is Horner syndrome?
Horner syndrome is a condition caused by injury to the sympathetic nerves fo the face.
A syndrome is a combination of different signs and symptoms, when put together, have certain clinical significance.

Horner syndrome
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Horner syndrome: A complex of abnormal findings, namely sinking in of one eyeball, ...

Horner syndrome - possibly caused by a lung tumor that presses on the nerve
Numbness of the shoulder, arm, or hand
Shoulder pain
Tingling, burning, pain, or abnormal sensations (location depends on the area injured) ...

Horner syndrome is a relatively rare disorder characterized by a constricted pupil (miosis), drooping of the upper eyelid (ptosis), absence of sweating of the face (anhidrosis), ...

Horner syndrome (a syndrome characterized by contraction of the pupil and drooping of the eyelid and occurring on the same side as the headache)
Conjunctival injection (bloodshot or red eyes)
Heart rate that is too fast or too slow ...

: Pediatric horner syndrome: etiologies and roles of imaging and urine studies to detect neuroblastoma and other responsible mass lesions. Am J Ophthalmol 142 (4): 651-9, 2006.
Hiyama E, Yokoyama T, Hiyama K, et al.

Horner syndrome (SIN-drome) A condition in which one side of the face is flushed, does not produce sweat, and has a constricted pupil and drooping eyelid. It can be caused by an injury to, or paralysis of, nerves in the neck, or by a tumor.

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Bernard-Horner syndrome
Bernard-Sergent syndrome
Bernard Soulier syndrome
bernard syndrome
Bernhardt-Roth syndrome
Bernheim's syndrome
Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann syndrome
Beuren syndrome
Biemond syndrome
billowing mitral valve syndrome ...

Bernard-Horner Syndrome
Bernstein Test - Medical Test
Berylliosis
Beryllium Granulomatosis
Beryllium Pneumonosis
Beryllium Poisoning
Besnier Prurigo
Best macular dystrophy
Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
Beta Thalassemia ...

Additional signs include Horner syndrome due to compression of sympathetic ganglia, palpable downward pull of the trachea with each cardiac contraction (tracheal tug), and tracheal deviation.

Risk factors include aging, diabetes, stroke, Horner syndrome, myasthenia gravis, and a brain tumor or other cancer, which can affect nerve or muscle reactions.
Ptosis, drooping of the eyelid ...

Blood collection in the chest (hemothorax)
Damage to arteries or nerves
Horner syndrome (decreased facial sweating and drooping eyelids)
Increased or new sweating
Increased sweating in other areas of the body (compensatory sweating) ...

Due to paralysis of certain nerves (specifically, the cervical sympathetic nerves). Also called Horner-Bernard syndrome, Bernard-Horner syndrome and Horner's ptosis, but best known today as Horner syndrome.

Neuroblastoma symptoms can present in a cluster and constitute a syndrome: Horner syndrome, superior vena cava syndrome, Kerner-Morrison syndrome, Opsoclonus-myoclonus, and Hutchinson syndrome.
Diagnosis ...

Two rare metabolic disorders, Tangier disease and Fabry's disease, also are associated with anhidrosis. Horner syndrome, which damages nerves in your face and eye, usually causes anhidrosis on the affected side of your face.

Respiratory symptoms (eg, trouble breathing, coughing)
Weakness or paralysis
Problems with eyelid and pupil (called Horner syndrome)
Easy bruising or bleeding
Weight loss
General ill feeling (fever, fatigue, shortness of breath) ...

size difference may remain long after seizure is over)
Tumor, mass, or lymph node in the upper chest or lymph node causing pressure on a nerve may cause decreased sweating, a small pupil, or drooping eyelid all on the affected side (Horner syndrome) ...

Pyogenic liver abscess
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Weight loss - unintentional
Pericarditis - constrictive
Lymphofollicular hyperplasia
Hib - vaccine
Lymphangiogram
Stasis dermatitis and ulcers
Horner syndrome ...

Cervical spine fractures may be complicated by spinal shock, neurogenic shock, complete and incomplete cord syndromes, Brown-Sequard syndrome, and Horner syndrome.

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Horner syndrome see Erb's Palsy
HPE see Holoprosencephaly
HPRT deficiency see Lesch Nyhan syndrome
HPRT see Lesch Nyhan syndrome
HSAN see Congenital Insensitivity/Indifference to Pain
HSAN Type I see Congenital Insensitivity/Indifference to Pain ...

See also: Symptom, Injury, Cancer, Surgery, Paralysis