The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2008 , Vol 50 , Num 4
A case of postganglionic Horner syndrome after catheterization of internal jugular vein confirmed with pharmacological tests
1st Eye Clinic, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Büyüktortop N, Gürbüz-Köz Ö, Atalay T, Kural G. A case of postganglionic Horner syndrome after catheterization of internal jugular vein confirmed with pharmacological tests. Turk J Pediatr 2008; 50: 391-394.

Horner syndrome, consisting of ipsilateral miosis, upper eye lid ptosis, and facial anhidrosis, has been reported as a rare complication of internal jugular vein catheterization.

In this paper, we describe a nine-year-old girl presenting with postganglionic Horner syndrome, in whom right-sided ptosis and miosis occurred after ipsilateral percutaneous internal jugular venous catheterization. Keywords : catheterization of internal jugular vein, Horner syndrome

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