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Horner Syndrome

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Definition: A syndrome associated with defective sympathetic innervation to one side of the face, including the eye. Clinical features include MIOSIS; mild BLEPHAROPTOSIS; and hemifacial ANHIDROSIS (decreased sweating)(see HYPOHIDROSIS). Lesions of the BRAIN STEM; cervical SPINAL CORD; first thoracic nerve root; apex of the LUNG; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; and apex of the ORBIT may cause this condition. (From Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, pp500-11)      Other names Oculosympathetic Syndrome; Miosis, Innervational Defect; Horner's Syndrome; Bernard Syndrome; Syndromes, Oculosympathetic; Syndromes, Bernard; Syndrome, Pupil Horner's; Syndrome, Oculosympathetic; Syndrome, Horner's; Syndrome, Claude Bernard-Horner; Syndrome, Central Horner; Syndrome, Horner; Syndrome, Bernard's; Syndrome, Bernard; Syndrome, Acquired Horner; Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias; Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegias; Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegia; Pupil Horner's Syndrome; Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic Ocular

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