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Case Reports
. 2016 Mar 30;28(1):46-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.joco.2016.02.004. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Post-thyroidectomy iatrogenic Horner's syndrome with heterochromia

Mahmut Oğuz Ulusoy  1 , Sertaç Argun Kıvanç  2 , Mehmet Atakan  3 , Hüseyin Mayalı  4
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Post-thyroidectomy iatrogenic Horner's syndrome with heterochromia

Mahmut Oğuz Ulusoy et al. J Curr Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Purpose: To present a case of iatrogenic Horner's syndrome seen together with the heterochromia in the post-thyroidectomy period.

Methods: A 23-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with complaints of low vision in the eye and difference in eye color that developed over the past two years. In the left eye, myosis and minimal ptosis (∼1 mm) was detected, and the color of the iris was lighter than the right eye.

Results: The pre-diagnosis of left iatrogenic Horner's syndrome was finalized after 0.5% topical apraclonidine test.

Conclusion: Heterochromia can be observed in iatrogenic Horner's syndrome.

Keywords: Anisocoria; Heterochromia iridis; Horner's syndrome; Thyroidectomy.

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Pupil size before apraclonidine instillation.
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Pupil size 60 min after apraclonidine instillation.
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