Horner syndrome associated with ipsilateral facial and extremity anhydrosis.

Abstract

We report a patient with Horner syndrome together with anhidrosis affecting the ipsilateral face and extremities confirmed with starch-iodine and sympathetic skin response testing. No anatomic lesion was apparent. This is the first reported case in which Horner syndrome has been associated with such extensive hemibody sympathetic dysfunction in the absence of other neurologic findings. We propose a developmental disorder of neural crest migration as the cause.

• Authors: Alberto Galvez, Nadim Ailouti, Agusti Toll, Josep Maria Espadaler, Jaume Roquer
• Journal: Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (J Neuroophthalmol) Vol. 28 Issue 3 Pg. 178-81 (Sep 2008) ISSN: 1536-5166 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 18769279 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Autonomic Nervous System Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology)
• Extremities (innervation, physiopathology)
• Face (blood supply, physiopathology)
• Functional Laterality (physiology)
• Galvanic Skin Response
• Horner Syndrome (etiology, physiopathology)
• Humans
• Hypohidrosis (etiology, physiopathology)
• Male
• Neural Conduction
• Neural Crest (abnormalities, physiopathology)
• Neurologic Examination
• Pain Measurement
• Peripheral Nervous System Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology)
• Sympathetic Nervous System (abnormalities, physiopathology)