[Pourfour du Petit syndrome]

Neurologia. 1998 Mar;13(3):145-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The Pourfour du Petit's syndrome is characterized by the unilateral appearance of mydriasis, lid retraction and exophthalmos. It suggests the existence of a localized oculosympathetic hyperactivity. It tends be to caused by injuries that suppose a stimulus of the sympathetics fibers at level of the proximal portion of the first dorsal root or in the cervical sympathetic chain. We report the clinical case of a young patient who developed a Pourfour du Petit's syndrome secondary to a small condrosarcoma of the proximal portion of the first rib. The observation of this syndrome is exceptional but its knowledge permits, by the great topographic value that possesses, a rapid identification of the causative injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chondrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Exophthalmos / complications*
  • Eyelid Diseases / complications*
  • Humans
  • Intercostal Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Mydriasis / complications*
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed