Pourfour du Petit syndrome: a case following a traffic accident with severe cranioencephalic trauma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Poufour du Petit syndrome is an extraordinarily unusual clinical condition produced by hyperactivity of the sympathetic cervical chain as a consequence of irritation of these nerves. It causes an ipsilateral mydriasis, which, in patients suffering a head injury as in the case reported here, can confuse the diagnosis and disconcert physicians.
Medical subject headings
- Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
- Cervical Plexus
- Craniocerebral Trauma
- Exophthalmos
- Eyelids
- Hyperhidrosis
- Mydriasis
- Superior Cervical Ganglion