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Horner's Syndrome: An Uncommon Complication of Thyroidectomy and Selective Lateral Neck Dissection.
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- Horner syndrome as a postoperative complication of thyroid surgery: a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Horner syndrome after ethanol ablation for radioactive iodine therapy refractory papillary thyroid carcinoma.JCEM case reports · 2026Article
- Horner's syndrome after an ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration puncture of a thyroid nodule.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports · 2025Article
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- Horner's Syndrome and Lymphocele Following Thyroid Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- An effective method to reduce lymphatic drainage post-lateral cervical lymph node dissection of differentiated thyroid cancer: a retrospective analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
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- Case report and literature review: Horner syndrome subsequent to endoscopic thyroid surgery.BMC surgery · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundHorner's Syndrome is defined by myosis, enophthalmos, lack of sweating and eyelid ptosis, as well as vascular dilatation of one half of the face, caused by damage of the ipsilateral cervical sympathetic chain. It is known that Horner's syndrome is an unusual complication of thyroidectomy and selective lateral neck dissection. Its exact pathophysiology is not totally explained and its treatment remains conservative. CASE PRESENTATION: A 27-year-old man developed one-sided partial eyelid ptosis, enophthalmos and myosis two hours after a total thyroid gland excision and a selective lateral neck dissection for papillary carcinoma. A clinical diagnosis of Horner's syndrome was formed. He was treated conservatively and presented with an incomplete recovery at a 2-month follow up.
conclusionsThe present case report underlines the adjacent anatomical correlation between the thyroid gland, the celluloadipose tissue and the cervical sympathetic trunk throughout thyroidectomy and selective lateral neck dissection. Every surgeon should be familiar with the potential complications in order to preoperatively counsel patients, as well as avoid them during the surgical procedure.
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