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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Bernard-Horner Syndrome after accidental lesion of carotid artery: case report

Spinelli GDamiano GPalumbo V DCillino GLo Monte A I

subject

MaleSettore MED/18 - Chirurgia GeneraleHorner SyndromeBernard-Horner syndrome central venous catheterizationHumansSettore MED/41 - AnestesiologiaMiddle AgedCarotid Artery Injuries

description

Among the complications of internal jugular vein insertion there is the lesion of the cervical sympathetic trunk with the onset of Bernard-Horner syndrome, consisting of miosis, eyelid ptosis, enophthalmos and anhidrosis on the same side of the lesion. The neurological damage can be caused by the direct puncture of the trunk or by the irritating and compressive action of a hematoma during the puncture of the internal jugular; the clinical picture, when reversible, resolves in a few months. The case we report is about the onset of the syndrome after accidental puncture of carotid artery, followed by the total disappearance of signs in a few days.

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2012-09-26
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/65231