Horner's syndrome caused by an intercostal chest drain.
Horner's syndrome occurred in a young woman as a complication of the treatment of a traumatic pneumothorax with an intercostal drain. The nerve damage probably occurred when the lung had fully re-expanded, pressing the tip of the intercostal drain, lying at the apex of the pleural cavity, on to the sympathetic chain.
Campbell
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Department of Surgery, District General Hospital, Warrington.
Neil
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Wake
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications