Late Horner's syndrome following the bite of a black widow spider.
In this paper, we report on the case of a 23-year-old man who presented with a ptosis of the right upper lid and a miosis 1 month after being bitten in his right hand by Latrodectus revivenis. A positive cocaine test confirmed a diagnosis of Homer's syndrome.
Rosenthal
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Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. roseng@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Marcus
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Bakalash
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Lifshitz
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001740:Black Widow Spider; D003042:Cocaine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D006225:Hand; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D003042:Cocaine