Post Thyroidectomy Horner’s Syndrome – Expect The Unexpected!

Authors

  • NS Neki Senior Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College & Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab
  • Gagandeep Singh Shergill Senior Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College & Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab
  • Amritpal Singh Senior Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College & Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab
  • Amanpreet Kaur Consultant Gynaecologist, Civil Hospital, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab
  • Sharique Nizami Senior Resident, Mata Gujari Memorial Medical College, Kishanganj, Bihar
  • Puneet Bans Sidhu Medical Intern, Department of Medicine, Govt. Medical college and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33620

Keywords:

Horner’s syndrome, Thyroidectomy complications

Abstract

Horners syndrome is caused by injury to the ipsilateral cervical sympathetic chain. The etiology is multifactorial with many traumatic, malignant and iatrogenic causes. Iatrogenic Horners syndrome following thyroidectomy is one such rare but well known entity. We report a case of 50 year old female who underwent right hemi-thyroidectomy for a solitary thyroid nodule and later presented with features of Horners syndrome 11 days after the surgery.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(4) 2017 p.600-601

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NS Neki, Senior Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College & Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab



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Published

2017-08-19

How to Cite

Neki, N., Shergill, G. S., Singh, A., Kaur, A., Nizami, S., & Sidhu, P. B. (2017). Post Thyroidectomy Horner’s Syndrome – Expect The Unexpected!. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 16(4), 600–601. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33620

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2017)

Section

Case Reports

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