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Vol. 88. Issue 9.
Pages 359-361 (September 2013)
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Vol. 88. Issue 9.
Pages 359-361 (September 2013)
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Incomplete Horner's syndrome as a presenting sign of fourth ventricle ependymoma
Síndrome de Horner incompleto como signo de presentación de ependimoma del cuarto ventrículo
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E. Escrivá
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, L. Martínez-Costa
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain
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The case of 44-year-old male patient with palpebral ptosis and trigeminal neuralgia as presenting sign of fourth ventricle ependymoma is reported. After surgical treatment, the patient developed a residual paresis of the sixth cranial nerve.

Discussion

Horner's syndrome occurs due to an alteration of the sympathetic innervations of the eye and adnexa. Some tumors may be the cause, in our case an ependymoma of the fourth ventricle, which onset exceptionally with blepharoptosis and involvement of the ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve, due to the proximity of these nerve fibers at the brainstem.

Keywords:
Ependymoma
Horner's syndrome
Blepharoptosis
Trigeminal pain
Apraclonidine test
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Caso clínico

Varón de 44 años con ptosis palpebral y neuralgia del trigémino como signo de presentación de un ependimoma del cuarto ventrículo. Después del tratamiento quirúrgico desarrolló una paresia residual del sexto par.

Discusión

El síndrome de Horner aparece por la alteración de la inervación simpática del ojo y los anejos. Algunos tumores pueden ser la causa, en nuestro caso un ependimoma del cuarto ventrículo, que debutó de forma excepcional con ptosis palpebral y afectación de la división oftálmica del trigémino, debido a la proximidad de estas fibras nerviosas a nivel del troncoencéfalo.

Palabras clave:
Ependimoma
Síndrome de Horner
Blefaroptosis
Neuralgia trigémino
Test de la apraclonidina

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