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Horner's syndrome after carotid endarterectomy--a case report
1Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Vascular Surgery
|October 5, 2001
Abstract:
Horner's syndrome is described in a patient with anisocoria and unilateral lid ptosis 48 hours after an ipsilateral carotid endarterectomy. This case illustrates a rare iatrogenic complication of sympathetic nerve dysfunction following elective surgery.