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Table 2 Reported cases of Horner syndrome related to thyroid surgery

From: Case report and literature review: Horner syndrome subsequent to endoscopic thyroid surgery

References

Case

Scopes of operation

Histopathology

Approach

Symptoms

Time to resolution

Zhang [17]

1

Nodule

Benign nodule

MWA

Myosis, ptosis

Incomplete resolved

Aslankurt [21]

1

ST

Nodular goiter

NM

Ptosis,

anhidrosis

No improvement

Perréard [22]

1

ST

Benign nodule

NM

Miosis, ptosis

3 months

Cozzaglio [23]

1

TT

Toxic nodular goiter

NM

Ptosis, miosis

3 days

Italiano [24]

1

TT

Nodular goiter

Conventional

Myosis, ptosis, mild enophthalmos

2 months

Tan [7]

1

TT

FTC

ETS

NM

3 months

Seneviratne [25]

1

TT

Nodular goiter

NM

Ptosis, enophthalmos

12 months

Sandoval [26]

1

TT + CLND

ATC

Conventional

Ptosis, mild enophthalmos

NM

Meng [6]

2

TT + CLND

PTMC in 1 patient; PTC in 1 patient

ETS

a: miosis

b: miosis,

ptosis

11 and 1 months

Foma [27]

1

ET

Parapharyngeal ectopic goiter

Conventional

Miosis, ptosis, enophthalmos

12 months

Sapalidis [28]

1

TT + CLND + LLND

PTMC

NM

Miosis, ptosis

3 days

Mastronikolis [29]

1

TT + BLLND

MTC

Conventional

Miosis, ptosis

4 weeks

Lee [4]

5

2 with

TT + CLND + LLND

3 with

TT + BCLND + BLLND

Thyroid malignancy

Conventional

NM

NM

Hu [30]

1

Lobectomy + CLND + LLND

PTMC

ETS

Miosis, ptosis, enophthalmos

12 months

Kang [14]

1

NM

NM

RAET

NM

NM

Lee [31]

1

NM

NM

RAET

NM

NM

McCrory [19]

1

Lobectomy

Neuroma

NM

Ptosis miosis anhidrosis

Incomplete resolved

Punda [20]

1

TT + BCLND + BLLND

PTC

Conventional

Ptosis miosis anhidrosis

Incomplete resolved

Demiral [18]

1

TT

Nodular goiter

NM

Ptosis miosis

6 months

Present case

1

TT + CLND

PTMC

ETS

Miosis, ptosis

3 months

  1. TT total thyroidectomy, ST subtotal thyroidectomy, ET ectopic thyroidectomy, CLND central lymph node dissection, LLND lateral lymph node dissection, BCLND bilateral central lymph node dissection, BLLND bilateral lateral lymph node dissection, PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, PTMC papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, FTC follicular thyroid carcinoma, ATC anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, MTC medullary thyroid carcinoma, NM not mentioned, MWA microwave ablation, ETS endoscopic thyroid surgery, RAET robotic-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy