title: Irreversible Horner's syndrome diagnosed by aproclonidine test due to benign thyroid nodule.
abstract: We are reporting an irreversible Horner Syndrome (HS) in a patient with benign thyroid gland nodule in which thyroidectomy was performed for treatment. A 37-year-old female was admitted to our clinic with a swelling in the left lobe of the thyroid gland and ptosis at the left eyelid. The clinical diagnosis of HS was confirmed pharmacologically by aproclonidine. Histopathologic examination of thyroidectomy specimen was reported as benign nodule. To the best of our knowledge, this is a very rare report in terms of thyroid benign nodule associated with irreversible HS due to cervical sympathetic chain compression.
authors.affiliation: Coskun M, Department of Ophthalmology, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Coskun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: M
authors.affiliation: Aydogan A, Department of General Surgery, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aydogan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: A
authors.affiliation: Gokce C, Department of Endocrinology, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokce
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: C
authors.affiliation: Ilhan O, Department of Ophthalmology, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: O
authors.affiliation: Ozkan OV, Department of General Surgery, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ov
authors.affiliation: Gokce H, Department of Pathology, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokce
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: H
authors.affiliation: Oksuz H, Department of Ophthalmology, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oksuz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: H
keywords: Aproclonidine; Horner’s syndrome; Thyroid nodule