Pourfour du Petit syndrome: a case following a traffic accident with severe cranioencephalic trauma.
Poufour du Petit syndrome is an extraordinarily unusual clinical condition produced by hyperactivity of the sympathetic cervical chain as a consequence of irritation of these nerves. It causes an ipsilateral mydriasis, which, in patients suffering a head injury as in the case reported here, can confuse the diagnosis and disconcert physicians.
Avellanal
M
M
Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Madrid, Spain.
Fernández-Quero
L
L
Barrios
J M
JM
Sánchez
P
P
Navia
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000293:injuries*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D015878:Mydriasis / Q000209:etiology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012025:Reflex, Pupillary; D017783:Superior Cervical Ganglion / Q000293:injuries*; D013577:Syndrome