[Pourfour du Petit syndrome].
The Pourfour du Petit's syndrome is characterized by the unilateral appearance of mydriasis, lid retraction and exophthalmos. It suggests the existence of a localized oculosympathetic hyperactivity. It tends be to caused by injuries that suppose a stimulus of the sympathetics fibers at level of the proximal portion of the first dorsal root or in the cervical sympathetic chain. We report the clinical case of a young patient who developed a Pourfour du Petit's syndrome secondary to a small condrosarcoma of the proximal portion of the first rib. The observation of this syndrome is exceptional but its knowledge permits, by the great topographic value that possesses, a rapid identification of the causative injury.
Díaz Espejo
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Sección de Neurología, Hospital General Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva.
Boto de los Bueis
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López Domínguez
J M
JM
Blanco Ollero
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Robledo Strauss
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Casado Chocán
J L
JL
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000150:complications*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015878:Mydriasis / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Síndrome de Pourfour du Petit.