Horner's syndrome and thyroid neoplasms.
- Leuchter I Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Becker M
- Mickel R
- Dulguerov P
- 2002-03-14
Published in:
- ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties. - 2002
Goiter, Nodular
Horner Syndrome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Thyroid Neoplasms
Thyroidectomy
Treatment Outcome
English
Although thyroid goiter is a common condition, it rarely results in Horner's syndrome. We report a case of a patient with an intrathoracic multinodular goiter complicated by Horner's syndrome. Benign thyroid disease was confirmed pathologically, and the patient's symptoms improved after surgery. In the literature, the major cause of Horner's syndrome is neoplasia, with malignant lesions being twice as frequent as benign tumors. An extensive review of the literature demonstrates a different repartition for thyroid neoplasia: including our case, 38 cases of Horner's syndrome secondary to a benign thyroid tumor are described, against only 8 cases caused by a thyroid carcinoma. We conclude that contrary to the commonly held opinion, Horner's syndrome is more often due to benign thyroid diseases than to thyroid malignancies.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- green
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1159/000049270
- PMID 11891400
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/236831
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