Transient partial ophthalmoplegia and Horner's syndrome after intraoral local anesthesia.
Local neurological symptoms and signs are infrequent after intraoral anesthesia for dental procedures, thus diagnosis may be challenging for a neurologist unfamiliar with this benign phenomenon. Unnecessary diagnostic procedures may be performed and can be associated with complications. We present a 19-year old woman with transient diplopia, miosis, partial enophthalmia and lacrimation on the side of injection after intraoral anesthesia with prilocaine.
Dogan
Ebru Apaydin
EA
Department of Neurology, Akdeniz University, Medical School, Antalya, Turkey.
Dora
Babur
B
D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*