Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma
The clinical presentation of Pourfour du Petit syndrome (PdPs) is the opposite of Horner syndrome. Although all disorders underlying Horner syndrome may potentially present as PdPs, very few cases of the latter have been described in the literature. We report a patient with PdPs due to carotid compr...
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| author | Sergi Martinez-Ramirez Carles Roig Joan Martí-Fàbregas |
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| description | The clinical presentation of Pourfour du Petit syndrome (PdPs) is the opposite of Horner syndrome. Although all disorders underlying Horner syndrome may potentially present as PdPs, very few cases of the latter have been described in the literature. We report a patient with PdPs due to carotid compression by a thyroid tumor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2aa285f7bfc9483ca731ed771311546b2022-12-21T16:54:10ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Neurology1662-680X2010-07-01229610010.1159/000319587319587Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid CarcinomaSergi Martinez-RamirezCarles RoigJoan Martí-FàbregasThe clinical presentation of Pourfour du Petit syndrome (PdPs) is the opposite of Horner syndrome. Although all disorders underlying Horner syndrome may potentially present as PdPs, very few cases of the latter have been described in the literature. We report a patient with PdPs due to carotid compression by a thyroid tumor.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/319587Thyroid neoplasmsHorner syndromeOculosympathetic syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Sergi Martinez-Ramirez Carles Roig Joan Martí-Fàbregas Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma Case Reports in Neurology Thyroid neoplasms Horner syndrome Oculosympathetic syndrome |
| title | Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma |
| title_full | Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma |
| title_short | Pourfour du Petit Syndrome in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma |
| title_sort | pourfour du petit syndrome in a patient with thyroid carcinoma |
| topic | Thyroid neoplasms Horner syndrome Oculosympathetic syndrome |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/319587 |
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