title: Isolated Horner syndrome and syringomyelia in a child.
abstract: Horner syndrome can be caused by a variety of etiologies that interrupt the sympathetic innervation of the eye, including but not limited to central mass lesions. Recently, it has been debated whether neuroimaging has a place in the diagnostic algorithm of isolated pediatric Horner syndrome given the low incidence of neuroblastoma. We present a case of a 19-month-old girl with an isolated Horner syndrome, likely caused by a lower cervical syrinx, that was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Tomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Mays A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El-Dairi
authors.forename: Michelle T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cabrera
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis