• Saudi J Anaesth · Apr 2013

    Pourfour Du Petit syndrome after interscalene block.

    • Mysore Chandramouli Basappji Santhosh, Rohini B Pai, and Raghavendra P Rao.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
    • Saudi J Anaesth. 2013 Apr 1;7(2):203-4.

    AbstractInterscalene block is commonly associated with reversible ipsilateral phrenic nerve block, recurrent laryngeal nerve block, and cervical sympathetic plexus block, presenting as Horner's syndrome. We report a very rare Pourfour Du Petit syndrome which has a clinical presentation opposite to that of Horner's syndrome in a 24-year-old male who was given interscalene block for open reduction and internal fixation of fracture upper third shaft of left humerus.

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