title: Unilateral Horner Syndrome Following Epidural Anaesthesia in a Morbidly Obese Parturient.
abstract: Horner's syndrome is rarely observed in epidural anaesthesia; it is characterized by ptosis and enophthalmos on the affected side; miosis, anisocoria, and conjunctival hyperemia in the affected eye and anhydrosis, flushing on the affected side of the face. It is usually a complication spontaneously resolved without permanent neurological deficits. Intraoral anaesthesia, stellate, cervical and brachial plexus block, thoracic, lumbar and caudal epidural anaesthesia and intrapleural analgesia are the main causes associated with Horner's syndrome in anaesthesia. Among the other causes of Horner's syndrome are head and neck surgery, trauma and puncture of the internal jugular vein. We aimed to present a case with unilateral Horner's syndrome, which appeared in the morbidly obese parturient after lumbar epidural anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Bursa Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Bursa Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karasu
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Bursa Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Özer
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Bursa Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Çağlayan
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Bursa Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karakaş
keywords: Epidural anaesthesia; Horner syndrome; pregnant