Horner’s syndrome as a complication of thyroidectomy: report of a case

We report a case of Horner’s syndrome (HS) occurring as a complication after total thyroidectomy. Horner’s syndrome is characterized
by myosis, eyelid ptosis, enophthalmos, and lack of sweating, with vascular dilatation of the lateral part of the face, caused
by damage of the cervical sympathetic chain. We found only 28 other reports of HS developing after thyroidectomy, and only
seven of these patients recovered completely. Of the 495 thyroidectomies performed at our hospital between 1997 and 2007,
only one (0.2%) was complicated by the development of HS. The patient was a 35-year-old woman who underwent total thyroidectomy
for Basedow-Graves’ disease. Horner’s syndrome manifested on postoperative day 2, but without anhydrosis or vascular dilatation
of the face, and the symp...