Abstract

ABASCAL AZANZA, C.; ABARZUZA CORTAIRE, R.  and  PLAZA RAMOS, P.. Horner’s Syndrome: an unusual ophthalmological presentation of Hodgkin lymphoma. Anales Sis San Navarra [online]. 2017, vol.40, n.3, pp.461-466. ISSN 1137-6627.  https://dx.doi.org/10.23938/assn.0117.

Horner's Syndrome (HS) is a neurological syndrome characterised by the triad incomplete pupillary miosis, palpebral ptosis and facial anhidrosis, due to a lesion of the oculosympathetic pathway, formed of three neurons from the hipothalamus to the eye. Identifying its cause is a diagnostic challenge since in spite of its apparent lack of clinical importance, HS can be the first or only manifestation of a serious, or even potentially mortal disorder. We present the case of a 19-year-old male patient with a history of nonspecific ocular pains of two months evolution. He attended the emergency ophthalmological clinic where he was diagnosed with an HS as the first clinical manifestation of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Keywords : Horner’s syndrome; Hodgkin lymphoma; Oculosympathetic pathway.

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