Rauniyar Neeraj
Om Sai Pathibhara Hospital, Bhadrapur, Jhapa, Nepal.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2023 Dec 26;11:2050313X231220811. doi: 10.1177/2050313X231220811. eCollection 2023.
A 30-year-old female patient with no previous chronic illness underwent hemithyroidectomy unusually complaint of ptosis on first postoperative day. On examination, she also had miosis. Thus, diagnosis of Horner's syndrome was made on ground of ruling out other complication. As it is caused by nerve insult, with a prolonged observation under close follow-up, the patient is fully recovered. Horner's syndrome after thyroidectomy is a rare entity. In textbook also, it is not mentioned as complication after thyroidectomy.
一名30岁无既往慢性病的女性患者接受了甲状腺半切术,术后第一天异常出现上睑下垂。检查时,她还伴有瞳孔缩小。因此,在排除其他并发症的基础上诊断为霍纳综合征。由于其由神经损伤引起,经过密切随访的长期观察,患者已完全康复。甲状腺切除术后的霍纳综合征是一种罕见情况。在教科书中,也未将其列为甲状腺切除术后的并发症。