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==Causes==
==Causes==
Horner's syndrome is due to a deficiency of [[sympathetic]] activity.
Horner's syndrome is usually acquired but may also be [[congenital]] (inborn) or [[iatrogenic]] (caused by medical treatment).  Although most causes are relatively benign, Horner's syndrome may reflect serious pathology in the neck or chest (such as a [[Pancoast tumor]] or thyrocervical venous dilatation) and hence requires workup.
The site of lesion to the sympathetic outflow is on the [[ipsilateral]] side of the symptoms.
 
The following are examples of conditions that cause the clinical appearance of Horner's syndrome:
* Due to lesion of one side of the cervical sympathetic chain which affects on the same side of the lesion
*''First-order neuron disorder:'' Central lesions that involve the hypothalamospinal pathway (e.g. transection of the cervical spinal cord).
* [[PICA syndrome]]
*''Second-order neuron disorder:'' [[Preganglionic]] lesions (e.g. compression of the sympathetic chain by a lung tumor).
* [[Cluster headache]] - combination termed [[Horton's headache]]<ref>{{cite web | author=Graff JM, Lee AG | title=Horner's Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis. | url=http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/cases/case22.htm | work=Ophthalmology Grand Rounds | date=February 21, 2005 | publisher=The University of Iowa | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref>
*''Third-order neuron disorder:'' [[Postganglionic]] lesions at the level of the internal carotid artery (e.g. a tumor in the [[cavernous sinus]]).
* [[Physical trauma|Trauma]] - base of neck, usually blunt trauma.
* [[Middle ear infection]]
* [[Tumors]] - often [[bronchogenic carcinoma]] of the superior fissure ([[Pancoast tumor]])
* [[Thoracic aortic aneurysm]]
* [[Neurofibromatosis type 1]]
* [[Goitre]]
* [[Dissecting aortic aneurysm]]
* [[Thyroid carcinoma]]
* [[Multiple sclerosis]]
* [[Carotid artery dissection]]
* [[Klumpke paralysis]]
* [[Cavernous sinus thrombosis]]
* [[Sympathectomy]]
* [[Syringomyelia]]
* [[Nerve block]]s, such as cervical plexus block, stellate ganglion or interscalene block
* [[Brainstem]] [[stroke]]
* [[Carotid body]] tumor
* [[Lymphoma]]
* [[Mediastinal]] mass
* [[Metastasis]]
* [[Parotid gland|Parotid gland tumor]]
* [[Tuberculosis|Tuberculosis adenitis]]
==References==
==References==
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Causes

Horner's syndrome is usually acquired but may also be congenital (inborn) or iatrogenic (caused by medical treatment). Although most causes are relatively benign, Horner's syndrome may reflect serious pathology in the neck or chest (such as a Pancoast tumor or thyrocervical venous dilatation) and hence requires workup.

References

  1. Graff JM, Lee AG (February 21, 2005). "Horner's Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis". Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2006-09-22.

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