Congenital Horner's syndrome associated with cervical neuroblastoma

Dimitrios I Zafeiriou; Marina Economou; Dimitrios Koliouskas; Panagiota Triantafyllou; Panagiotis Kardaras; Nikos Gombakis

doi:10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.01.004

Congenital Horner's syndrome associated with cervical neuroblastoma

Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2006 Mar;10(2):90-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.01.004. Epub 2006 Apr 3.

Authors

Dimitrios I Zafeiriou¹, Marina Economou, Dimitrios Koliouskas, Panagiota Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Kardaras, Nikos Gombakis

Affiliation

¹ 1st Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 16595184
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.01.004

Abstract

A 3-month-old girl was presented with a right-sided neck mass present since birth and accompanied by homolateral miosis, ptosis and enophthalmos (Horner's syndrome). Diagnostic work-up revealed an underlying cervical neuroblastoma. Although the association of Horner's syndrome with acquired neuroblastoma is well-known and of value in early diagnosing of such a tumor, it can also be a presenting or accompanying sign in rare cases of congenital neuroblastoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms / complications*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / congenital*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
Horner Syndrome / complications*
Horner Syndrome / congenital*
Horner Syndrome / diagnosis
Humans
Infant
Neuroblastoma / complications*
Neuroblastoma / congenital*
Neuroblastoma / diagnosis