Horner syndrome horners syndrome results from an interruption of the sympathetic nerve supply to the eye and is characterized by the classic triad of miosis ie, constricted pupil, partial. Horner syndrome bernard syndrome horners syndrome miosis, innervational defect oculosympathetic syndrome bernards syndrome claude bernardhorner syndrome. A clinical report of the syndrome in a man shot through the throat was rendered in 1864 by the three american army physicians silas weir mitchell 18291914, who had been influenced by bernard. Horners syndrome genetic and rare diseases information.
You can get horner syndrome at any age, and both men and women get it. Apical bronchial carcinoma is the most common cause of pancoasts syndrome. Pancoasts syndrome secondary to lung infection with. Claude bernardhorners syndrome or oculosympathetic palsy, first described in 1869, encompasses drooping of eyelid, constriction of the pupil, decreased sweating of the face on the same side and conjunctival congestion is often present together with loss of ciliospinal reflex. Horner syndrome is a disorder that affects the eye and surrounding tissues on one side of the face and results from paralysis of certain nerves. Central horner syndrome can usually be identified on the basis of the presence of associated hypo thalamic, brainstem, or spinal cord signs and symptoms 1, which make it easy to localize the lesion fig. Bernardhorner syndrome definition of bernardhorner. The underlying causes of horners syndrome vary greatly and may include a tumor, stroke, injury. Although all disorders underlying horner syndrome may potentially present as pdps, very few cases of the latter have been described in the literature. Ipsilateral horners syndrome associated with epidural. The triad of symptoms on the injured side involves. Media in category horners syndrome the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Claude bernardhorner syndrome resulting from pleural empyema. Horners syndrome, also known as oculosympathetic paresis, is a combination of symptoms that arises when a group of nerves known as the sympathetic trunk is damaged.
The term horner syndrome is commonly used in englishspeaking countries, whereas the term ber. This syndrome was initially described in animals by the french physiologist claude bernard in 1854 1 and subsequently in a soldier who sustained a gunshot injury to his neck. The signs and symptoms occur on the same side ipsilateral as it is a lesion of the sympathetic trunk. Horners syndrome nord national organization for rare. Those three are nowadays referred to as horners or bernardhorner syndrome. 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, and sinking of the eyeball into the bony cavity that protects the eye enophthalmos. The clinical presentation of pourfour du petit syndrome pdps is the opposite of horner syndrome. Types of horner syndrome central horner syndrome is relatively uncommon 3. Claude bernardhorner syndrome presents various etiologies and occurs as the direct result of interrupted nerve signaling at any point along the nerve trajectory, be it intrathoracic or extrathoracic. It was more thoroughly described by claude bernard in 1852. In rare cases about 1 in 6,250 births a baby can be. Horners syndrome is most often caused by a tumour compressing the sympathetic trunk. Horners syndrome is a rare condition characterized by miosis constriction of the pupil, ptosis drooping of the upper eyelid, and anhidrosis absence of sweating of the face.
Bernardhornersyndrom oder claude bernardhorner syndrom synonym verwendet. Of the many other causes reported, infection is a rare one. Summary horner syndrome may be caused by a neuroblastoma involving the cervical sympathetic nervous system. It is characterized by miosis a constricted pupil, partial ptosis a weak, droopy eyelid, apparent anhydrosis decreased. In france and italy, claude bernard is also eponymized with the condition bernardhorner syndrome, abbreviated bh. We report a patient with pdps due to carotid compression by a thyroid tumor. Physiological foundations of those symptoms in animals were described in 1852 by claude bernard. Horner syndrome horners syndrome results from an interruption of the sympathetic nerve supply to the eye and is characterized by the classic triad of miosis ie, constricted pupil, partial ptosis, and loss of hemifacial sweating ie, anhidrosis. Neuroimaging strategies for three types of horner syndrome. Claude bernardhorner syndrome cbhs results from a blockage of the sympathetic innervation to the eye and face at any point along its trajectory. Clinical and radiological resolution was achieved after. Horner syndrome consists of unilateral ptosis, an ipsilateral miotic but. Pdf the syndrome of claudebernardhorner is caused by the sinpatical injury of the branches ascending innervation. Its also called hornerbernard syndrome or oculosympathetic palsy.