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Horner Syndrome
Bernard Syndrome | Horner' | s Syndrome | Miosis, Innervational Defect | Oculosympathetic Syndrome | Bernard' | s Syndrome | Claude Bernard-Horner Syndrome | Horner Syndrome, Acquired | Horner Syndrome, Central | Horner' | s Syndrome, Pupil
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) |
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