[Horner's syndrome and brachial radiculopathy related to vertebral metastases].

INTRODUCTION

Horner's syndrome consists of sympathetic ocular paralysis, with lesions occurring at different levels. When it's associated with involvement of the C8-T1 roots, the commonest causes are the tumours responsible for Pancoast's syndrome.

CLINICAL CASE: We describe the case of a patient who presented with a clinical condition in which a complete right Horner's syndrome was associated with ipsilateral C8-T1 brachial radiculopathy. On investigation, there was a tumour involving the vertebral segments between C8 and T5. Histological studies showed this to be a metastasis from an adenocarcinoma at the base of the right lung.

CONCLUSION

We consider this case to be interesting because of its unusual aetiology, since metastatic vertebral lesions are an uncommon cause of Horner's syndrome.